Stenocercus festae

Stenocercus festae
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Tropiduridae
Genus:	Stenocercus
Species:	S. festae
Binomial name
	Stenocercus festae; (Peracca, 1897)
Synonyms
	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

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stenocercus festae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 April 2022.
^ 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).
^ Perraca MG (1897).

Fritts TH (1974). "A multivariate evolutionary analysis of the Andean Iguanid lizards of the genus Stenocercus ". San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir 7: 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 Torino 12 (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 Evolution 39 (1): 171–185.

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[iucn_status_11_November_2021-1] 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.

[RDB-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).

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