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Stenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi, 1845) is a animal in the Tropiduridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Animalia

Stenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi, 1845)

Stenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi, 1845)

Spiny whorltail iguana is a Tropiduridae lizard species found in southeastern Peru’s Cusco.

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Family
Genus
Stenocercus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Stenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi, 1845)

Common Name and Taxonomic Classification

Stenocercus crassicaudatus, commonly called the spiny whorltail iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae.

Distribution Range

This species is found in the Cusco region of southeastern Peru.

Formal Description History

It was first formally described by Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1845.

Photo: (c) Derek Law, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Tropiduridae Stenocercus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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