Stenocercus crassicaudatus

Spiny whorltail iguana
Machu Picchu, Peru
Scientific classification
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 Tropidurinae subfamily, found in the state of Cusco, southeast Peru. It was first described by Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1845.

References

  1. ↑ Lundberg, M. (2009). "Stenocercus crassicaudatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 April 2011.


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