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Stenocercus nigromaculatus NOBLE, 1924

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black-spotted Whorltail Iguana 
SynonymStenocercus nigromaculatus NOBLE 1924
Stenocercus nigromaculatus — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2004 
DistributionPeru

Type locality: Peru, Piura, Huancabamba.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 17975 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.


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CommentAbundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin nigro, black, dark and Latin maculatus, spotted. [“...a black Y-shaped mark beginning just behind the shoulders and extending to the vent; black continued on to the ventral surfaces of the hind legs...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
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
  • 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
  • Noble, G. K. 1924. New lizards from northwestern Peru. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 5: 107—113 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. The abdominal skeleton of Tropidurid lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Herpetologica 60 (1): 75-83 - get paper here
 
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