Haensch's whorltail iguana

Haensch's whorltail iguana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Tropiduridae
Genus: Stenocercus
Species:
S. haenschi
Binomial name
Stenocercus haenschi
(F. Werner, 1901)
Synonyms[2]
  • Liocephalus formosus
    Boulenger, 1880
  • Liocephalus haenschi
    F. Werner, 1901
    (nomen substitutum)
  • Ophryoessoides haenschi
    — Etheridge, 1966
  • Stenocercus haenschi
    — Fritts, 1974

Haensch's whorltail iguana (Stenocercus haenschi) is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is native to Ecuador.[2]

Geographic range

S. haenschi is endemic to Bolívar Province of Ecuador, where it is only known from one locality.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. haenschi is forest.[1]

Behavior

S. haenschi is arboreal.[1]

Reproduction

S. haenschi is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

S. haenschi is considered to be critically endangered and possibly extinct.[1]

Etymology

S. haenschi is named in honor of German entomologist Richard Haensch.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d Species Stenocercus haenschi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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 haenschi, p. 113).

Further reading

  • 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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