Stenocercus festae, also known commonly as Peracca's whorltail iguana and Peracca's whorl-tailed iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae.[2] The species is endemic to Ecuador.

Stenocercus festae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:
S. festae
Binomial name
Stenocercus festae
(Peracca, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
  • Leiocephalus festae
    Peracca, 1897
  • Ophryoessoides festae
    J. Peters et al., 1970
  • Stenocercus festae
    Fritts, 1974

Etymology

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The specific name, festae, is in honor of Italian zoologist Enrico Festa.[3]

Geographic range

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S. festae is found in southern Ecuador, on both the eastern slope and the western slope of the Andes, in the provinces of Azuay, Cañar, and Loja.[1][2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of S. festae are forest, and above the tree line shrubland, at altitudes of 2,300–3,200 m (7,500–10,500 ft).[1]

Description

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S. festae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.8 cm (3.1 in), with a tail length of 15 cm (5.9 in).[4]

Reproduction

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S. festae is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Valencia, J.; Brito, J.; Almendáriz, A.; Munoz, G. (2017). "Stenocercus festae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178306A54446402. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178306A54446402.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Stenocercus festae 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 festae, p. 89).
  4. ^ Perraca MG (1897).

Further reading

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  • 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 festae, new combination, pp. 49–51 + Figure 37 on p. 81).
  • Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Ecuador e regioni vicine. IV. ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 12 (300): 1–20. (Leiocephalus festae, new species, pp. 6–7, including drawing of scalation of ear opening). (in Italian).
  • 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 festae, pp. 15–17, Figure 8). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Schulte JA II, Cadle JE (2006). "Phylogenetic relationships of South American lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania): A new approach using a general mixture model for gene sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (1): 171–185.