Stenocercus orientalis FRITTS, 1972
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| Higher Taxa | Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Eastern Whorltail Iguana |
| Synonym | Stenocercus orientalis FRITTS 1972: 14
Stenocercus orientalis — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2004 |
| Distribution | Peru (Amazonas)
Type locality: Peru, Amazonas Chachapoyas, 2340 m
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: KU 134466 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007. |
| Comment | Belongs to the clades Scelotrema and Saccodeira (fide TORRES-CARVAJAL 2006). |
| References |
- Carranza, S.; E. N. Arnold & F. Amat 2004. DNA phylogeny of Lacerta (Iberolacerta) and other lacertine lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae): did competition cause long-term mountain restriction? Systematics and Biodiversity 2 (1): 57-77 - get paper here
- Fritts, Thomas H. 1972. New species of lizards of the genus Stenocercus from Perú (Sauria: Iguanidae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (10): 1-21 - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. The abdominal skeleton of Tropidurid lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Herpetologica 60 (1): 75-83 - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal, Omar; James A. Schulte II and John E. Cadle 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of South American lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania): A new approach using a general mixture model for gene sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (1): 171-185 - get paper here
- VENEGAS, PABLO J.; LOURDES Y. ECHEVARRÍA, KARLA GARCÍA-BURNEO, CLAUDIA KOCH 2016. A new species of iguanid lizard, genus Stenocercus (Squamata, Iguania), from the Central Andes in Peru. Zootaxa 4205 (1): 052–064 - get paper here
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