NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Stenocercus flagracanthus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & García-Bravo, 2020
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Stenocercus flagracanthus is a species of lizard of the family Tropiduridae. Formally described in 2020, it is named after its tail's resemblance to the flagrum, an ancient Roman torture tool. Endemic to Peru, it is only known from the Amazonian slope of the extreme northern portion of the central Andes in the Río Utcubamba basin. Its habitat lies within agricultural lands with a mixture of corn, fruit trees, coffee plantations, and pastures.
Wikipedia contributors, Stenocercus flagracanthus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:52:37.171601+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Stenocercus flagracanthus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & García-Bravo, 2020
- Name authority
- Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & García-Bravo, 2020
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyTropiduridae
- genusStenocercus
- speciesStenocercus flagracanthus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Chávez, Wong & García-Bravo, 2020
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Stenocercus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Stenocercus aculeatus (O'Shaughnessy, 1879) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus albolineatus Teixeira, Prates, Nisa & Silva-Martins | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus angel Torres-Carvajal, 2000 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus angulifer (Werner, 1901) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus azureus (Müller, 1880) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bolivar Whorltail IguanaStenocercus bolivarensis Castro & Ayala, 1982 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Copper Whorltail IguanaStenocercus cupreus Boulenger, 1885 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus doellojuradoi (Freiberg, 1944) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus erythrogaster (Hallowell, 1856) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stenocercus eunetopsis Cadle, 1991 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Leaf LizardStenocercus fimbriatus Avila-Pires, 1995 | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Formosa Whorltail IguanaStenocercus formosus (Tschudi, 1845) | TropiduridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Stenocercus&species=flagracanthus 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:8SK7Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.