Stenocercus festae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata 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 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 (02º48’ S, 78º39’ W), 2630 m, Provincia Azuay, Ecuador” by Torres-Carvajal (2000: 15).

Combinations

Liocephalus festae Peracca, 1897: 6 [original combination]
Stenocercus festae — Fritts, 1974 [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.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. 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

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