Sceloporus couchii

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Lysoptychus lateralis COPE 1888< /i> (Fide Smith 1939) • Sceloporus couchii — Bell Et Al. 2003: 20 • Sceloporus couchii — Boulenger 1885: 231 • Sceloporus couchii — Liner 1994 • Sceloporus couchii — Smith & Taylor 1950: 132 • Sceloporus couchii — Smith 1939: 240 • Sceloporus lateralis BOULENGER 1890< /i> (Fide Smith 1939)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Syntypes: USNM 2739 Lectotype : USNM 2739b, selected from a series of 9 specimens under the same number, by Smith (1939); Lieut. Darius Nash Couch collector , April 1853. Holotype: USNM 14741, a typical S. couchi, collected by W. P. Taylor [lateralis] Not listed by CROTHER 2000 for the USA. Etymology : This Latin noun in the genitive singular honors Lieut. Darius Nash Couch, the collector. Etymology (lateralis): The Latin adjective lateralis, "of the side," probably was based on the very prominent lateral dark and light stripes .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Sceloporus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 120 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. acanthinus (Bocourt's Spiny Lizard) · S. adleri (Adler's Spiny Lizard) · S. aeneus (Southern Bunchgrass Lizard) · S. anahuacus (Anahuacan Bunchgrass Lizard) · S. angustus (Santa Cruz Island Sator) · S. arenicolus (Dunes Sagebrush Lizard) · S. aureolus (Southern Crevice Spiny Lizard) · S. bicanthalis (Trans Volcanic Bunchgrass Lizard) · S. bulleri (Buller's Spiny Lizard) · S. caeruleus (Blue Ornate Spiny Lizard) · S. carinatus (Keeled Spiny Lizard) · S. cautus (Shy Spiny Lizard) · S. chaneyi (Chaney's Spiny Lizard) · S. chrysostictus (Yellow-Spotted Spiny Lizard) · S. clarkii (Clark's Spiny Lizard) · S. clarkii vallaris (Clark's Spiny Lizard) · S. consobrinus (Eastern Fence Lizard) · S. couchii (Couch's Spiny Lizard) · S. cozumelae (Cozumel Spiny Lizard) · S. cryptus (Sierra Juarez Spiny Lizard) · S. cyanogenys (West Gulf Rough-Scaled Lizard) · S. dugesii (Duges' Spiny Lizard) · S. edwardtaylori (Taylor's Spiny Lizard) · S. exsul (Queretaran Desert Lizard) · S. formosus (Mexican Emerald Spiny Lizard) · S. gadovae (Gadow's Spiny Lizard) · S. gadoviae (Gadow's Spiny Lizard) · S. goldmani (Goldman's Bunchgrass Lizard) · S. graciosus (Common Sagebrush Lizard) · S. graciosus graciosus (Northern Sagebrush Lizard) · S. grammicus (Graphic Spiny Lizard) · S. grammicus microlepidotus (Mesquite Lizard) · S. heterolepis (Dorsalkeel Spiny Lizard) · S. heterolepis heterolepis (Dorsalkeel Spiny Lizard) · S. horridus (Horrible Spiny Lizard) · S. hunsakeri (Hunsaker's Spiny Lizard) · S. insignis (Michoacán Blackcollar Lizard) · S. jalapae (Jalapa Spiny Lizard) · S. jarrovi (Mountain Spiny Lizard) · S. jarrovii (Yarrow's Spiny Lizard) · S. jarrovii cyanostictus (Blue-Spotted Spiny Lizard) · S. jarrovii jarrovii (Mountain Spiny Lizard) · S. jarrovii sugillatus (Zempoala Bar-Bellied Lizard) · S. licki (Cape Arboreal Spiny Lizard) · S. lineatulus (Santa Catalina Spiny Lizard) · S. lundelli (Lundell's Spiny Lizard) · S. macdougalli (Macdougall's Spiny Lizard) · S. maculosus (Spotted Spiny Lizard) · S. magister (Desert Spiny Lizard) · S. magister bimaculosus (Desert Spiny Lizard) · S. magister cephaloflavus (Desert Spiny Lizard) · S. magister transversus (Barred Spiny Lizard) · S. magister uniformis (Desert Spiny Lizard) · S. malachiticus (Green Spiny Lizard) · S. megalepidurus (Largescale Spiny Lizard) · S. megalepidurus megalepidurus (Largescale Spiny Lizard) · S. melanorhinus (Pastel Tree Lizard) · S. merriami (Canyon Lizard) · S. merriami annulatus (Big Bend Canyon Lizard) · S. merriami longipunctatus (Canyon Lizard) · S. monserratensis (Monserrat Island Spiny Lizard) · S. mucronatus (Cleft Lizard) · S. nelsoni (Nelson's Spiny Lizard) · S. nelsoni nelsoni (Nelson's Spiny Lizard) · S. occidentalis (Western Fence Lizard) · S. occidentalis becki (Island Fence Lizard) · S. occidentalis biseriatus (San Joaquin Fence Lizard) · S. occidentalis bocourtii (Coast Range Fence Lizard) · S. occidentalis longipes (Great Basin Fence Lizard) · S. occidentalis occidentalis (Northwestern Fence Lizard) · S. occidentalis taylori (Sierra Fence Lizard) · S. ochoterenae (Queretaran Spiny Lizard) · S. olivaceus (Texas Spiny Lizard) · S. omiltemanus (Southern Cleft Lizard) · S. orcutti (Granite Spiny Lizard) · S. orcutti orcutii (Granite Spiny Lizard) · S. ornatus (Ornate Spiny Lizard) · S. palaciosi (Palacios' Bunchgrass Lizard) · S. parvus (Bluebelly Lizard) · S. poinsettii (Crevice Spiny Lizard) · S. poinsettii macrolepis (Western Crevice Lizard) · S. poinsettii poinsettii (Northern Crevice Spiny Lizard) · S. poinsettii polylepis (Southern Crevice Lizard) · S. pyrocephalus (Boulder Spiny Lizard) · S. rufidorsum (Mexican Desert Spiny Lizard) · S. salvini (Salvin's Spiny Lizard) · S. scalaris (Bunch Grass Lizard) · S. slevini (Bunch Grass Lizard) · S. serrifer (Blue Spiny Lizard) · S. serrifer cyanogenys (Blue Spiny Lizard) · S. siniferus (Longtail Spiny Lizard) · S. slevini (Slevin's Bunchgrass Lizard) · S. smaragdinus (Bocourt) · S. smithi (Smith's Rosebelly Lizard) · S. spinosus (Blue-Spotted Spiny Lizard) · S. squamosus (Mexican Spiny Lizard) · S. stejnegeri (Stejneger's Blackcollar Spiny Lizard) · S. subniger (Plateau Bunchgrass Lizard) · S. subpictus (Southern Cursorial Lizard) · S. taeniocnemis (Guatemalan Emerald Spiny Lizard)

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Further Reading

• A check list of North American amphibians and reptiles / by Leonhard Stejneger and Thomas Barbour. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933. url p. 60, p. 55, p. 53.
• Amphibians and reptiles of Northern Coahuila, Mexico, by Karl P. Schmidt and David W. Owens. 29 1944 Chicago, 1944 url p. 106.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url , p. 1222, p. 395, p. 397.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 105, p. 125, p. 132, p. 134, p. 219, p. 224, p. 90.
• Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Salem, Mass., Essex Institute. url p. 133.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 91 1942 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 114, p. 76.
• Catalogue of the lizards in the British museum (Natural history) / London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1885-87. url .
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 177, p. 254, p. 540.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 121, p. 129, p. 131, p. 17, p. 185, p. 19, p. 57.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 424, p. 78, p. 78.
• Proceedings. Salem, Mass.(1856-70) url p. 133.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 13 1875 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 48.
• The Mexican and Central American lizards of the genus Sceloporus, by Hobart M. Smith. 26 1939 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1939 url fig. 43 , p. 19, p. 240, p. 241, p. 246, p. 251, p. 285, p. 5, p. 7.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 22 1935 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 177, p. 337, p. 377.
• Torrey, J. Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey: made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior /by William H. Emory, major First Cavalry, and United States commissioner. 2(2) 1859 Washington: C. Wendell, printer, 1857-59. url p. 6.
• Voyage of the 'Albatross' to the Gulf of California in 1911. New York, 1916. url p. 468.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2544673
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-6437
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 586038
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 140137

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