Modest whorltail iguana

The modest whorltail iguana (Stenocercus modestus) is a species of lizard of the family Tropiduridae.^[2]

Modest whorltail iguana
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Tropiduridae
Genus:	Stenocercus
Species:	S. modestus
Binomial name
Stenocercus modestus (Tschudi, 1845)

It is endemic to west-central Peru.^[2] It was first described by Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1845.

The species is thought to have a highly fragmented and decreasing population, and is therefore rated as endangered by the IUCN. It lives in the coastal desert and has a diet consisting of arthropods.^[1]