Post by Ceratodromeus on Jan 15, 2016 0:49:02 GMT 5
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus:Stenocercus
Species: S.chinchaoensis
Description
This is a small tree dwelling species of Tropiduridae Iguanid lizard, distinguishable from other species of the Stenocerus family by the granular scales on the dorsal part of their thighs, and overall body coloration. Males in particular are distinguished from males of other Stenocerus lizards by lacking a dark colored ventral neck stripe. It is known from the holotype(CORBIDI 09024), an adult male measuring 73.2mm(2.8in) in snout-ventral length; Total length being 103mm(5.1in). The paratype animals (CORBIDI 09320. CORBIDI 09321, CORBIDI 09322) are an adult male, male, and juvenile female respectively. All animals we found in the same location, In Central Peru at an elevation of ~1800m{1}.
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{1} A New Species of Arboreal Iguanid Lizard, genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania), from central Peru
Abstract
We describe a new species of Stenocercus from an interandean valley of the upper Río Huallaga on the Amazonian slope of central Peru (Región Huánuco), at an elevation of 1700-1900 m. The new species differs from other Stenocercus, except S. boettgeri, S. haenschi, S. humeralis, and S. varius, by the combination of the following characters: presence of granular scales on the posterior surface of the thighs, enlarged vertebrals, three caudal whorls per autotomic segment, a medially complete antegular fold, non-spinose caudals, and by males lacking a black transverse band on the ventral surface of the neck. However, the new Stenocercus differs from these, with the exception of S. humeralis, by having more scales around the midbody (104-107, =105.66) than S. boettgeri (79-104, Mean= 88.61), S. haenschi (57-64, Mean=60.50), and S. varius (74-88, Mean=82.35); and from S. humeralis by having the scales in the frontonasal region nearly equal in size to the scales in the occipitoparietal region, while in S. humeralis the scales on the frontonasal region are twice or three times longer than the scales on the occipitoparietal region.
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