Stenocercus is a genus of South American lizards, commonly called whorltail iguanas, of the family Tropiduridae. This genus has 80 valid described species.
Geographic range The greatest species richness is in Ecuador and Peru, but members of the genus Stenocercus are also found in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina.
Species The following 80 species are recognized, listed alphabetically by scientific name.Stenocercus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Stenocercus aculeatus (O’Shaughnessy, 1879) Stenocercus albolineatus Teixeira, Prates, Nisa, Silva-Martins, Strüssmann & Rodrigues, 2015 Stenocercus amydrorhytus G. Köhler & Lehr, 2015 Stenocercus angel Torres-Carvajal, 2000 Stenocercus angulifer (F. Werner, 1901) Stenocercus apurimacus Fritts, 1972 – Fritts's whorltail iguana Stenocercus arndti Venegas, Echevarria & Alvarez, 2014Venegas PJ, Echevarria LY, Alvarez SC (2014). "A new species of spiny-tailed iguanid lizard (Iguania: Stenocercus) from northwestern Peru". Zootaxa 3753 (1): 47-58. Stenocercus asenlignus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022 Stenocercus azureus (F. Müller, 1880) Stenocercus boettgeri Boulenger, 1911 – Boettger's whorltail iguana Stenocercus bolivarensis Castro & Ayala, 1982 – Bolivar whorltail iguana Stenocercus cadlei Torres-Carvajal & Mafla-Endara, 2013 Stenocercus caducus (Cope, 1862) Stenocercus canastra Ávila-Pires, Nogueira & Martins, 2019 Stenocercus carrioni Parker, 1934 – Parker's whorltail iguana Stenocercus catherineae Stenocercus chinchaoensis Venegas, Duran & García-Burneo, 2013 Stenocercus chlorostictus Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus chota Torres-Carvajal, 2000 Stenocercus chrysopygus Boulenger, 1900 – golden whorltail iguana Stenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi, 1845) – spiny whorltail iguana Stenocercus cupreus Boulenger, 1885 – copper whorltail iguana Stenocercus diploauris Venegas, Echevarria, García-Ayachi & Landauro, 2020 Stenocercus doellojuradoi (Freiberg, 1944) Stenocercus dracopennatus Stenocercus dumerilii (Steindachner, 1867) Stenocercus empetrus Fritts, 1972 – rock whorltail iguana Stenocercus erythrogaster (Hallowell, 1856) Stenocercus eunetopsis Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus festae (Peracca, 1897) – Peracca's whorltail iguana Stenocercus fimbriatus Ávila-Pires, 1995 – western leaf lizard Stenocercus flagracanthus Stenocercus formosus (Tschudi, 1845) Stenocercus frittsi Torres-Carvajal, 2005 Stenocercus guentheri (Boulenger, 1885) – Günther's whorltail iguana Stenocercus haenschi (F. Werner, 1901) – Haensch's whorltail iguanaBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Stenocercus haenschi, p. 113). Stenocercus huancabambae Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus humeralis (Günther, 1859) – patterned whorltail iguana Stenocercus ica Mendoza, Alejandro; Ramírez, César; Barrera, Diego; Aguilar-Puntriano, César (2021). "A New Species of the Genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Peruvian Pacific Coast (Ica Region)". Salamandra 57 (1): 1-14. Stenocercus imitator Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus iridescens (Günther, 1859) Stenocercus ivitus Fritts, 1972 – ivy whorltail iguana Stenocercus johaberfellneri G. Köhler & Lehr, 2015 Stenocercus lache Corredor, 1983 Stenocercus latebrosus Cadle, 1998 Stenocercus leybachi Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chavez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022 Stenocercus limitaris Cadle, 1998 Stenocercus marmoratus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837) Stenocercus melanopygus Boulenger, 1900 – dark whorltail iguana Stenocercus modestus (Tschudi, 1845) – modest whorltail iguana Stenocercus nigrobarbatus Venegas, Echevarria, García-Ayachi & Landauro, 2020 Stenocercus nigrocaudatus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022 Stenocercus nigromaculatus Noble, 1924 – black-spotted whorltail iguana Stenocercus nubicola Fritts, 1972 – cloud whorltail iguana Stenocercus ochoai Fritts, 1972 – Ochoa whorltail iguana Stenocercus omari Venegas, Echevarría, García-Burneo & Koch, 2016 Stenocercus orientalis Fritts, 1972 – eastern whorltail iguana Stenocercus ornatissimus (Girard, 1857) – lesser ornate whorltail iguana Stenocercus ornatus (Gray, 1845) – Girard's whorltail iguana Stenocercus pectinatus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835) Stenocercus percultus Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus philmayi Stenocercus praeornatus Fritts, 1972 – greater ornate whorltail iguana Stenocercus prionotus Cadle, 2001 Stenocercus puyango Torres-Carvajal, 2005 Stenocercus qalaywasi Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata & Garcia-Bravo, 2022 Stenocercus quinarius Nogueira & Rodrigues, 2006 Stenocercus rhodomelas (Boulenger, 1899) – red-black whorltail iguana Stenocercus roseiventris D’Orbigny in A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – rose whorltail iguana Stenocercus santander Torres-Carvajal, 2007 Stenocercus scapularis (Boulenger, 1901) Stenocercus simonsii Boulenger, 1899 – Simons' whorltail iguana Stenocercus sinesaccus Torres-Carvajal, 2005 Stenocercus squarrosus Nogueira & Rodrigues, 2006 Stenocercus stigmosus Cadle, 1998 Stenocercus torquatus Boulenger, 1885 Stenocercus trachycephalus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – Duméril's whorltail iguana Stenocercus tricristatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) Stenocercus variabilis Boulenger, 1901 – variable whorltail iguana Stenocercus varius Boulenger, 1885 – keeled whorltail iguana
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Stenocercus.
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Further reading Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidae, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Stenocercus, p. 131). Cadle JE (1991). "Systematics of lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from northern Peru. New Species and comments on relationships and distribution patterns". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 143: 1-96. [For erratum see Cadle JE (1993). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 144: 345]. Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1837). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome quatrième [Volume 4]. Paris: Roret. ii + 571 pp. (Stenocercus, new genus, pp. 349–350). (in French). Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. . (Genus Stenocercus, p. 291).