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Stenocercus sinesaccus Torres-Carvajal, 2005

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Stenocercus sinesaccus Torres-Carvajal, 2005
Name authority
Torres-Carvajal, 2005
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Tropiduridae
Genus
Stenocercus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderIguania
  11. familyTropiduridae
  12. genusStenocercus
  13. speciesStenocercus sinesaccus Torres-Carvajal, 2005

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Stenocercus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Stenocercus aculeatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1879)TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Stenocercus albolineatus Teixeira, Prates, Nisa & Silva-MartinsTropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Stenocercus angel Torres-Carvajal, 2000TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Stenocercus angulifer (Werner, 1901)TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Stenocercus azureus (Müller, 1880)TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bolivar Whorltail IguanaStenocercus bolivarensis Castro & Ayala, 1982TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Copper Whorltail IguanaStenocercus cupreus Boulenger, 1885TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Stenocercus doellojuradoi (Freiberg, 1944)TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Stenocercus erythrogaster (Hallowell, 1856)TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Stenocercus eunetopsis Cadle, 1991TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Western Leaf LizardStenocercus fimbriatus Avila-Pires, 1995TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Formosa Whorltail IguanaStenocercus formosus (Tschudi, 1845)TropiduridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Stenocercus caducus Cope, 1887 Cope, 1887ambiguous synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Rondônia)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Stenocercus&species=sinesaccus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4ZWKY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.