Stenocercus guentheri

Stenocercus guentheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:
S. guentheri
Binomial name
Stenocercus guentheri
(Boulenger, 1885)
Synonyms[2]
  • Liocephalus guentheri
    Boulenger, 1885
  • Ophryoessoides guentheri
    — Etheridge 1966
  • Stenocercus guentheri
    — Fritts, 1974

Stenocercus guentheri, also known commonly as Günther's whorltail iguana and la guagsa de Günther in South American Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-British herpetologist Albert Günther.[3]

Geographic range

S. guentheri is found in Colombia[2] and Ecuador.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. guentheri is shrubland, at altitudes of 1,230–3,700 m (4,040–12,140 ft), but it has also been found in gardens, plantations, pastures, and urban areas.[1]

Reproduction

S. guentheri is oviparous,[1][2] and may provide some parental care.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Brito, J.; Reyes-Puig, C. (2017). "Stenocercus guentheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T44579900A44579911. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Stenocercus guentheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ 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 guentheri, p. 110).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Iguanidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, Printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Liocephalus guentheri, new species, pp. 169–170 + Plate XIII, two views).
  • Etheridge R (1966). "The Systematic Relationships of West Indian and South American Lizards Referred to the Iguanid Genus Leiocephalus ". Copeia 1966 (1): 79–91. (Ophryoessoides guentheri, new combination, p. 88).
  • Fritts TH (1974). "A multivariate evolutionary analysis of the Andean iguanid lizards of the genus Stenocercus ". San Diego Society of Natural History, Memoir (7): 1–89. (Stenocercus guentheri, new combination, p. 54–55 + Figures 19–21 on p. 77).
  • Torres-Carvajal O (2000). "Ecuadorian Lizards of the Genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae)". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas (15): 1–38. (Stenocercus guentheri, pp. 17–21). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).



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