Haensch's whorltail iguana (Stenocercus haenschi) is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is native to Ecuador.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Tropiduridae |
| Genus: | Stenocercus |
| Species: | S. haenschi
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenocercus haenschi (F. Werner, 1901)
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Geographic range
editS. haenschi is endemic to Bolívar Province of Ecuador, where it is only known from one locality.[1]
Habitat
editBehavior
editReproduction
editConservation status
editS. haenschi is considered to be critically endangered and possibly extinct.[1]
Etymology
editS. haenschi is named in honor of German entomologist Richard Haensch.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2017). "Stenocercus haenschi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178690A54447325. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178690A54447325.en. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Stenocercus haenschi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 haenschi, p. 113).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1880). "Reptiles et Batraciens recueillis par M. Émile de Ville dans les Andes de l'Équateur ". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 5: 41–48. (Liocephalus formosus, new species, p. 43). (in French).
- Werner F (1901). "Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Ecuador und Neu-Guinea". Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 51: 593–614. (Liocephalus haenschi, new species, p. 595). (in German).
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