Stenocercus festae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species: Stenocercus festae

Name

Stenocercus festae (Peracca, 1897)

• Syntypes (3): MZUT unlocated.
• Neotype: QCAZ 4059, adult ♂, collected by P. Menéndez and P. Salazar on 17 September 1998. [designated by Torres-Carvajal (2000: 15)]
• Type locality: “Cuenca”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Sevilla de Oro (02°48’ S, 78°39’ W), 2630 m, Provincia Azuay, Ecuador” by Torres-Carvajal (2000: 15).

Combinations

• Liocephalus festae Peracca, 1897: 6 [original combination]
• Ophryoessoides festae — Etheridge, 1966: 88 [subsequent combination]
• Stenocercus festae — Fritts, 1974: 49 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peracca, M.G. 1897. Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell’Ecuador e regioni vicine. IV. Rettili (In Italian). Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino 12(300): 1–20. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Torres-Carvajal, O. 2000. Ecuadorian Lizards of the Genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Scientific Papers. Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas 15: 1–38. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Stenocercus festae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 December 2018.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Valencia, J., Brito, J., Almendáriz, A. & Munoz, G. 2017. IUCN: Stenocercus festae  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178306A54446402. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178306A54446402.en

Vernacular names

English: Peracca's Whorltail Iguana