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Stenocercus percultus CADLE, 1991

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymStenocercus percultus CADLE 1991
Stenocercus percultus — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2004 
DistributionPeru (Cajamarca)

Type locality: approx 1-2 km airline NNW Monte Seco, along an acequia [irrigation ditch] running between El Chorro and La Mantañita, 1350-1380 m elevation, Río Zaña, Cajamarca, Peru  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 232525 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin percultus, highly adorned. [“...The specific epithet, percultus, is a Latin adjective derived from the prefix "per-," meaning "very" or "highly," and the adjective "excultus," meaning "adorned" or "elegant; " hence, "highly adorned," in reference to the beautiful and very colorful males of 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
  • Chávez, G. & Venegas, P. 2007. Looking for Macanches in the dry forest of Peru. Reptilia (GB) (51): 54-59 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. The abdominal skeleton of Tropidurid lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Herpetologica 60 (1): 75-83 - get paper here
 
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