Haensch's whorltail iguana

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Haensch's whorltail iguana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:
S. haenschi
Binomial name
Stenocercus haenschi
(F. Werner, 1901)
Synonyms [2]
  • Liocephalus formosus
    Boulenger, 1880
  • Liocephalus haenschi
    F. Werner, 1901
    (nomen substitutum)
  • Ophryoessoides haenschi
    Etheridge, 1966
  • Stenocercus haenschi
    Fritts, 1974

Haensch's whorltail iguana (Stenocercus haenschi) is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is native to Ecuador. [2]

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Geographic range

S. haenschi is endemic to Bolívar Province of Ecuador, where it is only known from one locality. [1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. haenschi is forest. [1]

Behavior

S. haenschi is arboreal. [1]

Reproduction

S. haenschi is oviparous. [2]

Conservation status

S. haenschi is considered to be critically endangered and possibly extinct. [1]

Etymology

S. haenschi is named in honor of German entomologist Richard Haensch. [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2017). "Stenocercus haenschi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T178690A54447325. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178690A54447325.en . Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Stenocercus haenschi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Stenocercus haenschi, p. 113).

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