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Stenocercus angulifer (WERNER, 1901)

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiocephalus angulifer WERNER 1901: 595
Leiocephalus angulifer WERNER 1901 (fide TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007)
Stenocercus angulifer — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007
Stenocercus angulifer — VENEGAS et al. 2020 
DistributionE Ecuador

Type locality: Ecuador  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 16594, male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007.


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CommentSynonymy: Stenocercus angulifer hs been previously synonymized with S. aculeatus (e.g. by BURT & BURT 1931 and PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970) but revalidated by TORRES-CARVAJAL 2007. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin angulifer, bearing corners or angles, angular. [“...vom Hinterkopf bis oberhalb des Afters sieben nach vorne offene, V-förmige, dunkle Querbinden...“]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Burt,C.E. & Burt,M.D. 1931. South American lizards in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist. 61 (7): 227-395 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal, O. 2007. A taxonomic revision of South American Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania) lizards. Herpetological Monographs 21 (1): 76-178 - get paper here
  • Venegas PJ, García-Ayachi LA, Chávez-Arribasplata JC, Chávez G, Wong I, García-Bravo A 2020. Four new species of Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru. Evolutionary Systematics 4(2): 79-108 - get paper here
  • Werner, F. 1901. Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Ecuador und Neu-Guinea. Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 51: 593-614 - get paper here
 
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