Stenocercus crassicaudatus

The spiny whorltail iguana (Stenocercus crassicaudatus) is a species of lizard of the Tropiduridae family, found in the state of Cusco, southeast Peru. It was first described by Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1845.

Spiny whorltail iguana

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:
S. crassicaudatus
Binomial name
Stenocercus crassicaudatus
(Tschudi, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Scelotrema crassicaudatum Tschudi, 1845
  • Stenocercus ervingi Stejneger, 1913
  • Urocentrum meyeri Werner, 1900

References
  1. Lundberg, M. (2009). "Stenocercus crassicaudatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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