Stenocercus aculeatus

Stenocercus aculeatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Tropiduridae
Genus:	Stenocercus
Species:	S. aculeatus
Binomial name
Stenocercus aculeatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1879)
Synonyms [2]
Leiocephalus aculeatus O'Shaughnessy, 1879 Ophryoessoides aculeatus — Etheridge, 1966 Stenocercus aculeatus — Torres-Carvajal, 2000

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

S. aculeatus is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. 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.
2. 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 ". Copeia1966 (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 Series4: 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).