Stenocercus lizards , commonly called whorltail iguanas , of the family Tropiduridae. This genus has 62 valid described species .
The greatest species richness is in Ecuador and Peru , but members of the genus are also found in Colombia , Brazil , Bolivia , Paraguay , Uruguay , and northern Argentina .
The following 62 species are recognized, listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Stenocercus aculeatus (O’Shaughnessy , 1879) Stenocercus angel Torres-Carvajal, 2000 Stenocercus angulifer (F. Werner , 1901) Stenocercus apurimacus Fritts, 1972 – Fritts' whorltail iguanaStenocercus arndti Venegas et al., 2014 Stenocercus azureus (F. Müller , 1880) Stenocercus boettgeri Boulenger , 1911Boettger's whorltail iguanaStenocercus bolivarensis Castro & Ayala, 1982 – Bolivar whorltail iguanaStenocercus caducus (Cope , 1862) Stenocercus carrioni Parker , 1934Stenocercus chinchaoensis (2015 )Stenocercus chlorostictus Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus chota Torres-Carvajal, 2000 Stenocercus chrysopygus Boulenger, 1900 – golden whorltail iguanaStenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi , 1845) – spiny whorltail iguanaStenocercus cupreus Boulenger, 1885 – copper whorltail iguanaStenocercus doellojuradoi (Freiberg, 1944) Stenocercus dumerilii (Steindachner , 1867) Stenocercus empetrus Fritts, 1972 – rock whorltail iguanaStenocercus erythrogaster (Hallowell , 1856) Stenocercus eunetopsis Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus festae (Peracca , 1897) – Peracca's whorltail iguanaStenocercus fimbriatus Ávila-Pires, 1995 – western leaf lizardStenocercus formosus (Boulenger, 1880) Stenocercus frittsi Torres-Carvajal, 2005 Stenocercus guentheri (Boulenger, 1885) – Günther's whorltail iguanaStenocercus haenschi (F. Werner, 1901) – Haensch's whorltail iguanaStenocercus huancabambae Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus humeralis (Günther, 1859) – patterned whorltail iguanaStenocercus imitator Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus iridescens (Günther, 1859) Stenocercus ivitus Fritts, 1972 – ivy whorltail iguanaStenocercus lache Corredor, 1983 Stenocercus latebrosus Cadle, 1998 Stenocercus limitaris Cadle, 1998 Stenocercus marmoratus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron , 1837) Stenocercus melanopygus Boulenger, 1900 – dark whorltail iguanaStenocercus modestus (Tschudi, 1845) – modest whorltail iguanaStenocercus nigromaculatus Noble , 1924Stenocercus nubicola Fritts, 1972 – cloud whorltail iguanaStenocercus ochoai Fritts, 1972 – Ochoa whorltail iguanaStenocercus orientalis Fritts, 1972 – eastern whorltail iguanaStenocercus ornatissimus (Girard , 1857) – lesser ornate whorltail iguanaStenocercus ornatus (Gray , 1845) – Girard's whorltail iguanaStenocercus pectinatus (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835) Stenocercus percultus Cadle, 1991 Stenocercus praeornatus Fritts, 1972 – greater ornate whorltail iguanaStenocercus prionotus Cadle, 2001 Stenocercus puyango Torres-Carvajal, 2005 Stenocercus quinarius Nogueira & Rodrigues, 2006 Stenocercus rhodomelas (Boulenger, 1899) – red-black whorltail iguanaStenocercus roseiventris D’Orbigny in A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – rose whorltail iguanaStenocercus santander Torres-Carvajal, 2007 Stenocercus scapularis (Boulenger, 1901) Stenocercus simonsii Boulenger, 1899 – Simons' whorltail iguanaStenocercus sinesaccus Torres-Carvajal, 2005 Stenocercus squarrosus Nogueira & Rodrigues, 2006 Stenocercus stigmosus Cadle, 1998 Stenocercus torquatus Boulenger, 1885 Stenocercus trachycephalus (A.H.A. Duméril , 1851) – Duméril's whorltail iguanaStenocercus tricristatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) Stenocercus variabilis Boulenger, 1901 – variable whorltail iguanaStenocercus varius Boulenger, 1885 – keeled whorltail iguana
Nota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Stenocercus .
