Stenocercus cupreus BOULENGER, 1885

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Higher Taxa	Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Copper Whorltail Iguana
Synonym	Stenocercus cupreus BOULENGER 1885: 135 Stenocercus cupreus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 256 Stenocercus cupreus — LEHR 2002: 86 Stenocercus cupreus — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007
Distribution	C Peru (elevation 1900-2300 m). Type locality: Huánuco, Peru
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 76.7.4.4
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.
Comment	Belongs to the clade Scelotrema (fide TORRES-CARVAJAL 2006). Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named after Latin “cupreus” = copper, often used for reddish colors.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here 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 Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Natur und Tier-Verlag (Münster), 208 pp. - 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 Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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