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Stenocercus apurimacus FRITTS, 1972

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Fritts' Whorltail Iguana 
SynonymStenocercus apurimacus FRITTS 1972: 2
Stenocercus apurimacus — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2004 
DistributionPeru (Cuzco, Apurimac)

Type locality: Peru, Apurimac [River], Puente Pachachaca, 15 km west of Abancay, elevation 1800 m.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: KU 134273 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.


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CommentBelongs to the clade Anatomegalepis (fide TORRES-CARVAJAL 2006). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, from the Quecchua language: apu meaning the great, and rimac meaning the talker or one who speaks. Guardia (1967) translated
the word apurimac as meaning "el gran hablador" or great speaker.

The species is dedicated to Dr. Philip S. Humphrey, who has allowed use of the facilities of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. 
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
  • Fritts, Thomas H. 1974. A multivariate evolutionary analysis of the Andean Iguanid lizards of the genus Stenocercus. San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir 7: 1-89 - 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, LUIS A. GARCÍA-AYACHI, CAROLL Z. LANDAURO 2020. Two new sympatric species of Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania) from the inter-Andean valley of the Mantaro River, Peru. Zootaxa 4858 (4): 555–575 - get paper here
 
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