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Stenocercus nubicola FRITTS, 1972

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cloud Whorltail Iguana 
SynonymStenocercus nubicola FRITTS 1972: 11
Stenocercus nubicola — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007 
DistributionPeru (Piura)

Type locality: Peru, Piura, Cordillera de Huncabamba, between Canchaque and Huancabamba, 3100 m elevation  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: KU 134107 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.


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CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin nubes meaning cloud and cola meaning dweller. The name refers to the association of the species with the heavy fogs characteristic of the Pacific slopes in northern Perú. 
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
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal, O. 2007. Phylogeny and biogeography of a large radiation of Andean lizards (Iguania, Stenocercus). Zoologica Scripta 36 (4): 311-326 - get paper here
 
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