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

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Stenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi, 1845)

Stenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi, 1845)

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

Family
Genus
Stenocercus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Stenocercus crassicaudatus (Tschudi, 1845)

Stenocercus crassicaudatus, commonly called the spiny whorltail iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. This species is found in the Cusco region of southeastern Peru. It was first formally described by Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1845.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Tropiduridae Stenocercus

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