Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Iguania
()
- Family:
Phrynosomatidae
()
- Genus:
Sceloporus
()
- Specific name:
mucronatus
- Webb, Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2002
- Subspecies:
olsoni
- Scientific name: - Sceloporus mucronatus olsoni Webb, Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2002 Webb, Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2002
- Subspecies:
olsoni
- Specific name:
mucronatus
- Webb, Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2002
- Genus:
Sceloporus
(
- Family:
Phrynosomatidae
(
- Infraorder:
Iguania
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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
- Cope (1885) Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 22: 379-404
- Gehlbach et al. (1957) Herpetologica 13: 227-232
- Günther (1885) Reptilia and Batrachia. Biologia Centrali-Américana.
- Olson (1998) Bull. Maryl. Herp. Sov., 34 (3): 76-82
- Smith (1939) Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 26: 1-397.
- Smith (1942) Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92 (3153): 349-395
- Smith et al. (2005) Herpetologica 61 (3): 225-232
- Webb et al. (2002) Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(1):1-14
- Wiens et al. (2002) Syst. Biol. 51 (1): 69-91
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4190639
