Stenocercus doellojuradoi

Stenocercus doellojuradoi is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is native to southeastern South America.

Stenocercus doellojuradoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:
S. doellojuradoi
Binomial name
Stenocercus doellojuradoi
(Freiberg, 1944)
Synonyms[2]
  • Proctotretus doellojuradoi
    Freiberg, 1944
  • Stenocercus doellojuradoi
    Frost, 1992

Etymology

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The specific name, doellojuradoi, is in honor of Argentine zoologist Martín Doello-Jurado.[3]

Geographic range

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S. doellojuradoi is found in Argentina and Paraguay.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of S. doellojuradoi are forest and grassland, at altitudes of 100–1,000 m (330–3,280 ft).[1]

Reproduction

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S. doellojuradoi is oviparous.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2017). "Stenocercus doellojuradoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T50950770A50950776. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T50950770A50950776.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Stenocercus doellojuradoi 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 doellojuradoi, p. 73).

Further reading

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  • Carosini, Alberto; Bueno-Villafañe, Diego; Caballero Gini, Andrea; Netto, Flavia (2021). "First formal records of Stenocercus doellojuradoi (Freiberg, 1944) (Squamata, Tropiduridae) from the Paraguayan Chaco". Cuadernos de Herpetología 35 (1): 183–185.
  • Freiberg MA (1944). "Una nueva especie de saurio del género Proctotretus Duméril & Bibron ". Physis, Buenos Aires 19: 473–477. (Proctotretus doellojuradoi, new species). (in Spanish)
  • Freiberg MA (1962). "Nuevos hallazgos y distribución geográfica del saurio Proctotretus doello-juradoi [sic] Freiberg en la Argentina ". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" 8 (9): 107–111. (in Spanish).
  • Frost DR (1992). "Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the Tropidurus group of lizards (Iguania: Tropiduridae)". American Museum Novitates (3033): 1–68. (Stenocercus doellojuradoi, new combination).