Stenocercus eunetopsis CADLE, 1991
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| Higher Taxa | Tropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Stenocercus eunetopsis CADLE 1991
Stenocercus eunetopsis— TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2006 |
| Distribution | N Peru
Type locality: approx. 1 km SSW Udima, Río de Udima (tributary of Río Zaña), 2500 m elevation, Departamento Cajamarca, Perú.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: FMNH 232537 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007. |
| Comment | Belongs to the clades Scelotrema and Microphractoides (fide TORRES-CARVAJAL 2006).
Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | Named after Greek eunetes (εὐνέτης), bedfellow + Greek -opsis (-όψης), suffix denoting likeness. [“...The specific epithet is derived from the Greek noun "euneter" (gender, masculine) meaning "bedmate" or "spouse," and the suffix "-opsis" meaning "having the appearance of." The reference is an allusion to the lack of strong sexual dimorphism in this species...” (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
- Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - 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. 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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