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Stenocercus crassicaudatus

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Species of lizard

Spiny whorltail iguana
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species: S. crassicaudatus
Binomial name
Stenocercus crassicaudatus
(Tschudi, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Scelotrema crassicaudatum Tschudi, 1845
  • Stenocercus ervingi Stejneger, 1913
  • Urocentrum meyeri Werner, 1900

The spiny whorltail iguana (Stenocercus crassicaudatus) is a species of lizard of the Tropiduridae family, found in the state of Cusco, southeast Peru. It was first described by Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1845.

References

  1. Aguilar, C.; Quiroz Rodriguez, A.; Perez, J. (2016). "Stenocercus crassicaudatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T178335A48673765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178335A48673765.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Stenocercus crassicaudatus


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