Stenocercus aculeatus is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.[2]

Stenocercus aculeatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:
S. aculeatus
Binomial name
Stenocercus aculeatus
Synonyms[2]
  • Leiocephalus aculeatus
    O'Shaughnessy, 1879
  • Ophryoessoides aculeatus
    Etheridge, 1966
  • Stenocercus aculeatus
    Torres-Carvajal, 2000

Geographic range edit

S. aculeatus is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1][2]

Habitat edit

The preferred natural habitat of S. aculeatus is forest, at altitudes of 723–1,311 m (2,372–4,301 ft).[1]

Reproduction edit

S. aculeatus is oviparous.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Brito, J. (2017). "Stenocercus aculeatus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178414A48674303. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Species Stenocercus aculeatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading edit

  • 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 aculeatus, new combination).
  • O'Shaughnessy AWE (1879). "Descriptions of new Species of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series 4: 295–303. (Leiocephalus aculeatus, new species, p. 303).
  • Torres-Carvajal O (2000). "Ecuadorian Lizards of the Genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae)". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas (15): 1–38. (Stenocercus aculeatus, new combination, pp. 5–9). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).