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Stenocercus chlorostictus CADLE, 1991

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymStenocercus chlorostictus CADLE 1991
Stenocercus chlorostictus — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2004 
DistributionN Peru

Type locality: El Chorro, a village 1 km N (airline) Monte Seco, Río Zaña, 1350 m elevation, Departamento Cajamarca, Perú.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 31760 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Greek chloros (χλωρός), green, greenish-yellow, pale green + Greek stiktos (στικτός), marked with spots, dappled. [“...The specific epithet is an adjective derived from the Greek words "chloros," meaning "green" and "stiktos," meaning "spotted" or "dappled," and refers to the primarily green dorsum of males in this species, and their light green dorsal spots....”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
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
  • 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
  • Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. The abdominal skeleton of Tropidurid lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Herpetologica 60 (1): 75-83 - get paper here
  • VENEGAS, PABLO J.; LOURDES Y. ECHEVARRIA & SILVANA C. ALVAREZ 2014. A new species of spiny-tailed iguanid lizard (Iguania: Stenocercus) from northwestern Peru. Zootaxa 3753 (1): 047–058 - get paper here
 
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