Stenocercus rhodomelas

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 rhodomelas

Name

Stenocercus rhodomelas (Boulenger, 1899)

• Syntypes (4): BMNH 1946.8.29.77-80.
• Type locality: “Oña, [Provincia Azuay,] Ecuador”.

Combinations

• Liocephalus rhodomelas Boulenger, 1899: 455 [original combination]
• Ophryoessoides rhodomelas — Etheridge, 1966: 88 [subsequent combination]
• Stenocercus rhodomelas — Fritts, 1974: 63 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1899. Descriptions of new reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. P.O. Simons in the Andes of Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 4(24): 454–457.

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 rhodomelas. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 October 2020.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2019. IUCN: Stenocercus rhodomelas  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T50950708A50950717. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T50950708A50950717.en

Vernacular names

English: Red-black Whorltail Iguana