Stenocercus chlorostictus CADLE, 1991

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Higher Taxa	Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Stenocercus chlorostictus CADLE 1991 Stenocercus chlorostictus — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2004
Distribution	N Peru Type locality: El Chorro, a village 1 km N (airline) Monte Seco, Río Zaña, 1350 m elevation, Departamento Cajamarca, Perú.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ANSP 31760
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.
Comment
Etymology	Named 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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