Stenocercus

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Stenocercus'' | image = Stenocercus crassicaudatus (1).JPG | image_alt = Stenocercus crassicaudatus (spiny whorltail iguana) at Machu Picchu | image_caption = ''Stenocercus crassicaudatus'' (spiny whorltail iguana) at Machu Picchu. | taxon = Stenocercus | authority = A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837<ref>"''Stenocercus'' ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.</ref> | type_species = ''Iguana pectinata'' | type_species_authority = A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 80, see text | synonyms = *''Brachysaurus'' }}

'''''Stenocercus''''' is a genus of South American lizards, commonly called '''whorltail iguanas''', of the family Tropiduridae. This genus has 80 valid described species.<ref name="RDB"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Venegas|first1=Pablo J.|last2=García-Ayachi|first2=Luis A.|last3=Chávez-Arribasplata|first3=Juan C.|last4=Chávez|first4=Germán|last5=Wong|first5=Iván|last6=García-Bravo|first6=Antonio|date=2020-11-18|title=Four new species of ''Stenocercus'' Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru|url=https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/57578/|journal=Evolutionary Systematics|volume=4|issue=2|pages=79–108|doi=10.3897/evolsyst.4.57578|issn=2535-0730|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Geographic range== The greatest species richness is in Ecuador and Peru, but members of the genus ''Stenocercus'' are also found in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina.<ref name="RDB"/>

==Species== The following 80 species are recognized, listed alphabetically by scientific name.<ref name="RDB">[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Stenocercus&exact%5B0%5D=genus&submit=Search ''Stenocercus'']. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref><ref name=":0" /> *''Stenocercus aculeatus'' (O’Shaughnessy, 1879) *''Stenocercus albolineatus'' Teixeira, Prates, Nisa, Silva-Martins, Strüssmann & Rodrigues, 2015 *''Stenocercus amydrorhytus'' G. Köhler & Lehr, 2015 *''Stenocercus angel'' Torres-Carvajal, 2000 *''Stenocercus angulifer'' (F. Werner, 1901) *''Stenocercus apurimacus'' Fritts, 1972 – Fritts's whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus arndti'' Venegas, Echevarria & Alvarez, 2014<ref>[http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03753p058f.pdf Venegas PJ, Echevarria LY, Alvarez SC (2014). "A new species of spiny-tailed iguanid lizard (Iguania: ''Stenocercus'') from northwestern Peru". ''Zootaxa'' '''3753''' (1): 47-58.]</ref> *''Stenocercus asenlignus'' Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022 *''Stenocercus azureus'' (F. Müller, 1880) *''Stenocercus boettgeri'' Boulenger, 1911 – Boettger's whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus bolivarensis'' Castro & Ayala, 1982 – Bolivar whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus cadlei'' Torres-Carvajal & Mafla-Endara, 2013 *''Stenocercus caducus'' (Cope, 1862) *''Stenocercus canastra'' Ávila-Pires, Nogueira & Martins, 2019 *''Stenocercus carrioni'' Parker, 1934 – Parker's whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus catherineae'' {{Small|Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020}} *''Stenocercus chinchaoensis'' Venegas, Duran & García-Burneo, 2013 *''Stenocercus chlorostictus'' Cadle, 1991 *''Stenocercus chota'' Torres-Carvajal, 2000 *''Stenocercus chrysopygus'' Boulenger, 1900 – golden whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus crassicaudatus'' (Tschudi, 1845) – spiny whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus cupreus'' Boulenger, 1885 – copper whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus diploauris'' Venegas, Echevarria, García-Ayachi & Landauro, 2020 *''Stenocercus doellojuradoi'' (Freiberg, 1944) *''Stenocercus dracopennatus'' {{Small|Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020}} *''Stenocercus dumerilii'' (Steindachner, 1867) *''Stenocercus empetrus'' Fritts, 1972 – rock whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus erythrogaster'' (Hallowell, 1856) *''Stenocercus eunetopsis'' Cadle, 1991 *''Stenocercus festae'' (Peracca, 1897) – Peracca's whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus fimbriatus'' Ávila-Pires, 1995 – western leaf lizard *''Stenocercus flagracanthus'' {{Small|Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020}} *''Stenocercus formosus'' (Tschudi, 1845) *''Stenocercus frittsi'' Torres-Carvajal, 2005 *''Stenocercus guentheri'' (Boulenger, 1885) – Günther's whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus haenschi'' (F. Werner, 1901) – Haensch's whorltail iguana<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Stenocercus haenschi'', p. 113).</ref> *''Stenocercus huancabambae'' Cadle, 1991 *''Stenocercus humeralis'' (Günther, 1859) – patterned whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus ica'' {{Small|Mendoza, Ramírez, Barrera & Aguilar-Puntriano, 2021}}<ref>Mendoza, Alejandro; Ramírez, César; Barrera, Diego; Aguilar-Puntriano, César (2021). "A New Species of the Genus ''Stenocercus'' (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Peruvian Pacific Coast (Ica Region)". ''Salamandra'' '''57''' (1): 1-14.</ref> *''Stenocercus imitator'' Cadle, 1991 *''Stenocercus iridescens'' (Günther, 1859) *''Stenocercus ivitus'' Fritts, 1972 – ivy whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus johaberfellneri'' G. Köhler & Lehr, 2015 *''Stenocercus lache'' Corredor, 1983 *''Stenocercus latebrosus'' Cadle, 1998 *''Stenocercus leybachi'' Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chavez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022 *''Stenocercus limitaris'' Cadle, 1998 *''Stenocercus marmoratus'' (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) *''Stenocercus melanopygus'' Boulenger, 1900 – dark whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus modestus'' (Tschudi, 1845) – modest whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus nigrobarbatus'' Venegas, Echevarria, García-Ayachi & Landauro, 2020 *''Stenocercus nigrocaudatus'' Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022 *''Stenocercus nigromaculatus'' Noble, 1924 – black-spotted whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus nubicola'' Fritts, 1972 – cloud whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus ochoai'' Fritts, 1972 – Ochoa whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus omari'' Venegas, Echevarría, García-Burneo & Koch, 2016 *''Stenocercus orientalis'' Fritts, 1972 – eastern whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus ornatissimus'' (Girard, 1857) – lesser ornate whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus ornatus'' (Gray, 1845) – Girard's whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus pectinatus'' (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835) *''Stenocercus percultus'' Cadle, 1991 *''Stenocercus philmayi'' {{Small|Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & Garcia-Bravo, 2020}} *''Stenocercus praeornatus'' Fritts, 1972 – greater ornate whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus prionotus'' Cadle, 2001 *''Stenocercus puyango'' Torres-Carvajal, 2005 *''Stenocercus qalaywasi'' Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022 *''Stenocercus quinarius'' Nogueira & Rodrigues, 2006 *''Stenocercus rhodomelas'' (Boulenger, 1899) – red-black whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus roseiventris'' D’Orbigny in A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – rose whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus santander'' Torres-Carvajal, 2007 *''Stenocercus scapularis'' (Boulenger, 1901) *''Stenocercus simonsii'' Boulenger, 1899 – Simons' whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus sinesaccus'' Torres-Carvajal, 2005 *''Stenocercus squarrosus'' Nogueira & Rodrigues, 2006 *''Stenocercus stigmosus'' Cadle, 1998 *''Stenocercus torquatus'' Boulenger, 1885 *''Stenocercus trachycephalus'' (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – Duméril's whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus tricristatus'' (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) *''Stenocercus variabilis'' Boulenger, 1901 – variable whorltail iguana *''Stenocercus varius'' Boulenger, 1885 – keeled whorltail iguana

''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Stenocercus''.

==Gallery== <gallery> Stenocercus ornatissimus "Lagartija de Montaña", San Jerónimo de Surco, Huarochiri, Lima, Perú.JPG | ''S. ornatissimus'', San Jerónimo de Surco, Huarochiri, Lima, Peru Spiny Whorltail Iguana, Machu Picchu.jpg|''S. crassicaudatus'', spiny whorltail iguana, Machu Picchu, Peru </gallery>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *Boulenger GA (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidae, ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus ''Stenocercus'', p. 131). *Cadle JE (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. [For ''erratum'' see Cadle JE (1993). ''Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia'' '''144''': 345]. *Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1837). ''Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome quatrième'' [Volume 4]. Paris: Roret. ii + 571 pp. (''Stenocercus'', new genus, pp. 349–350). (in French). *Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). ''Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition''. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. {{ISBN|0-7167-0020-4}}. (Genus ''Stenocercus'', p. 291).

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