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Stenocercus latebrosus CADLE, 1998

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymStenocercus latebrosus CADLE 1998
Stenocercus latebrosus— TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2006 
DistributionPeru (Cajamarca)

Type locality: Bosque de Cachil, approx. 3 km (airline) SE Contumazá, 7° 23’ S, 78° 47’ W, 2500 m elevation, Cajamarca, Peru.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MUSM (= MHNSM) 16744 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007. 
CommentBelongs to the clades Scelotrema and Saccodeira (fide TORRES-CARVAJAL 2006). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin latebrosus, full of lurking places; lurking in concealment [“...The species epithet latebrosus is a Latin adjective meaning “full of hiding places,” an allusion to the deep mite pockets concealed among the neck folds of this species...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Cadle, J. E. 1998. New species of lizards, genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from western Ecuador and Peru. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 155 (6): 257-297 - 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
  • 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
  • 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
 
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