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Stenocercus chrysopygus BOULENGER, 1900

IUCN Red List - Stenocercus chrysopygus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Golden Whorltail Iguana 
SynonymStenocercus chrysopygus BOULENGER 1900
Stenocercus chrysopygus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 256
Stenocercus chrysopygus — LEHR et al. 2002
Stenocercus chrysopygus — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007
Stenocercus chrysopygus — ECHEVARRÍA et al. 2025 
DistributionW Peru

Type locality: Carao, 8,000 ft., Huaras, 10,000 ft. and Recuay, 11,000 ft. Peru.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MRSN (= MSNTO) R25882 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.


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CommentDistribution: for a map of localities see Echevarría et al. 2025: Fig. 3. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek chrysos (χρϋσός), gold, to express anything made of gold + Greek pyge (πυγή), the rump, buttocks. [“...anal region and lower surface of hind limbs bright yellow in the males...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Boulenger, George A. 1900. Descriptions of new batrachians and Reptiles collected by Mr. P. O. Simons in Peru. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6 (32): 181-186 - 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
  • Echevarría LY, Torres-Ccasani G, Romero PE, Torres-Carvajal O, Aguilar-Puntriano C 2025. Systematics of Stenocercus chrysopygus Boulenger, 1900 (Squamata, Tropiduridae) species complex using genetic and morphological evidence. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 1747-1762 - get paper here
  • Etheridge, R. 1965. The abdominal skeleton of lizards in the family Iguanidae. Herpetologica 21: 161-168 - get paper here
  • KÖHLER, GUNTHER & EDGAR LEHR 2015. Two new species of lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania, Tropiduridae) from central Peru. Zootaxa 3956 (3): 413–427 - get paper here
  • Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Natur und Tier-Verlag (Münster), 208 pp. - get paper here
  • Lehr, E.; Köhler, G. & Streit, B. 2002. Die Herpetofauna von Mittelperu entlang eines Transektes von der pazifischen Küste bis in die Hochanden (Amphibia et Reptilia). Faun. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 22 (2): 361-392
  • Mendoza, A., Ramírez, C., Barrera, D., & Aguilar-Puntriano, C. 2021. A new species of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Peruvian Pacific coast (Ica region). Salamandra 57 (1): 1-14
  • Schlüter, U. 2005. Haltung und Zucht einiger Anden-Kielschwanzleguane (Stenocercus) aus dem peruanischen Hochland. Teil 5: Ergänzende Bemerkungen zu Stenocercus chlorostictus, zur Jugendfärbung von Stenocercus empetrus und zur Variabilität von Stenocercus chrysopygus. Reptilia (Münster) 10 (53): 56-63 - get paper here
 
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