Stenocercus huancabambae CADLE, 1991

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Higher Taxa	Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Stenocercus huancabambae CADLE 1991 Stenocercus huancabambae — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2004 Stenocercus huancabambae — VENEGAS et al. 2020
Distribution	N Peru Type locality: San José (Bagua Grande), Dep. Amazonas, Perú
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 165319
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007. Additional details (173 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Color plate in Reptilia (Münster) 8 (44): 92.
Etymology	Named after the Huancabamba area, an east–west depression through the Andes of N Peru and S Ecuador [“...The name huancabambae, a noun in genitive case, is derived from the geological term "Huancabamba Deflection" used to describe the general area from which all specimens of Stenocercus huancabambae have been collected. ...”].
References	Cadle J E. 1991. Systematics of lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania Tropiduridae) from northern Peru. New species and comments on relationships and distribution patterns. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 143: 1-96. (erratum published in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 144 (1993): 345). - 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 KOCH, CLAUDIA; PABLO J. VENEGAS, ROY SANTA CRUZ, WOLFGANG BÖHME 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385 (1): 001–101 - get paper here Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. The abdominal skeleton of Tropidurid lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Herpetologica 60 (1): 75-83 - get paper here Venegas PJ, García-Ayachi LA, Chávez-Arribasplata JC, Chávez G, Wong I, García-Bravo A 2020. Four new species of Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru. Evolutionary Systematics 4(2): 79-108 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/1009/2692.jpeg Google images

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