Stenocercus festae

Stenocercus festae
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Tropiduridae
Genus:	Stenocercus
Species:	S. festae
Binomial name
Stenocercus festae (Peracca, 1897)
Synonyms [2]
Leiocephalus festae Peracca, 1897 Ophryoessoides festae — J. Peters et al., 1970 Stenocercus festae — Fritts, 1974

Stenocercus festae, also known commonly as Peracca's whorltail iguana and Peracca's whorl-tailed iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. ^[2] The species is endemic to Ecuador.

Etymology

The specific name, festae, is in honor of Italian zoologist Enrico Festa. ^[3]

Geographic range

S. festae is found in southern Ecuador, on both the eastern slope and the western slope of the Andes, in the provinces of Azuay, Cañar, and Loja. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of S. festae are forest, and above the tree line shrubland, at altitudes of 2,300–3,200 m (7,500–10,500 ft). ^[1]

Description

S. festae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.8 cm (3.1 in), with a tail length of 15 cm (5.9 in). ^[4]

Reproduction

S. festae is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Valencia, J.; Brito, J.; Almendáriz, A.; Munoz, G. (2017). "Stenocercus festae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T178306A54446402. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178306A54446402.en . Retrieved 26 April 2023.
2. Stenocercus festae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 April 2022.
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 festae, p. 89).
4. Perraca MG (1897).

Further reading

• Fritts TH (1974). "A multivariate evolutionary analysis of the Andean Iguanid lizards of the genus Stenocercus ". San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir7: 1–89. (Stenocercus festae, new combination, pp. 49–51 + Figure 37 on p. 81).
• Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Ecuador e regioni vicine. IV. ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino12 (300): 1–20. (Leiocephalus festae, new species, pp. 6–7, including drawing of scalation of ear opening). (in Italian).
• Torres-Carvajal O (2000). "Ecuadorian Lizards of the Genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae)". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas (15): 1–38. (Stenocercus festae, pp. 15–17, Figure 8). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
• Torres-Carvajal O, Schulte JA II, Cadle JE (2006). "Phylogenetic relationships of South American lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania): A new approach using a general mixture model for gene sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution39 (1): 171–185.