Stenocercus aculeatus
| Stenocercus aculeatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Tropiduridae |
| Genus: | Stenocercus |
| Species: | S. aculeatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenocercus aculeatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1879) | |
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Stenocercus aculeatus is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.[2]
Geographic range
S. aculeatus is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of S. aculeatus is forest, at altitudes of 723–1,311 m (2,372–4,301 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Species Stenocercus aculeatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- 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).