Uma notata

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: This lizard is restricted to sparsely vegetated windblown sand in dunes, flats, riverbanks, and washes (Stebbins 2003). It also occurs in areas with extensive sand hummocks around the bases of plants (Grismer 2002). It requires fine, loose sand for burrowing. Vegetation is usually scant, consisting of creosote bush or other scrubby growth (Stebbins 2003). Eggs are laid in subsurface burrows in sand. (Ref. 312550).

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Uma notata notata Smith & Taylor 1950: 89 • Uma notata — Boulenger 1885: 207 • Uma notata — Liner 1994 • Uma notata — Liner 2007 • Uma notata — Stebbins 1985: 118 • Uma rufopunctata COPE 1895< /i> (Fide Smith & Taylor 1950)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Holotype: USNM 4124 Holotype: CAS 53370 [rufopunctata] Uma n. notata is more closely related to U. inornata than to U. n. rufopunctata (Wilgenbusch & de Queiroz 2000 and others).

Based on electrophoretic analyses, Adest (1977) concluded that Uma scoparia, Uma notata and Uma inornata comprise a single species (Uma notata). Stebbins (1985, 2003) maintained the three taxa as distinct species. Phylogenetic relationships inferred from mtDNA sequences indicate that Uma notata rufopunctata is more closely related to Uma inornata than to Uma notata notata (Wilgenbusch and de Queiroz 2000, Trepanier and Murphy 2001). Trepanier and Murphy (2001) concluded that for the northern species of Uma existing data support either a two-species arrangement (Uma scoparia, Uma notata) or five-species classification (Uma scoparia, Uma notata, Uma inornata, and Uma rufopunctata, plus an undescribed species from Mohawk Dunes, Arizona). Trepanier and Murphy prefered the latter arrangement and stated that a description of the Mohawk Dunes species is in progress. Crother et al. (2003) adopted the taxonomy preferred by Trepanier and Murphy, and this is followed here.

Heifetz (1941) described Uma notata cowlesi from Tecopa Bay , Sonora, but this subspecies was not regarded as worthy of recognition by Norris (1958) and Pough (1977).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Uma

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

U. exsul (Fringe-Toed Sand Lizard) · U. inornata (Coachella Valley Fringe-Toed Lizard) · U. notata (Colorado Desert Fringe-Toed Lizard) · U. notata rufopunctata (Colorado Desert Fringe-Toed Lizard) · U. paraphygas (Chihuahuan Fringe-Toed Lizard) · U. rufopunctata (Yuman Desert Fringe-Toed Lizard) · U. scoparia (Mojave Fringe-Toed Lizard)

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Further Reading

• Adest, G.A. 1977. Genetic relationships in the genus Uma (Iguanidae). Copeia 1977: 47-52.
• Baird (1859) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1858: 253-256
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
• Boulenger (1885) Catalogue lizards, vol. 2, 2nd ed.
• Burt (1931) Copeia 1931 (1): 15-16
• Carothers, J.H. 1986. An experimental confirmation of morphological adaptation: toe fringes in the sand-dwelling lizard Uma scoparia. Evolution 40: 871-874.
• Cope (1895) American Nat. 29: 938-939
• Crother, B.I., Boundy, J., Campbell, J.A., de Quieroz, K., Frost, D., Green, D.M., Highton, R., Iverson, J.B., McDiarmid, R.W., Meylan, P.A., Reeder, T.W., Seidel, M.E., Sites Jr, J.W., Tilley, S.G. and Wake, D.B. 2003. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico: update. Herpetological Review 34: 196-203.
• Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed. 1993. Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. iv + 73. ISBN: 0-911239-42-1.
• Grismer, L.L. 2002. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California.
• Heifetz (1941) Copeia 1941 (2): 99-111
• Heifetz, W. 1941. A review of the lizards of the genus Uma. Copeia 1941(2): 99-111.
• IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).
• Jennings, M.R. and Hayes, M.P. 1994. Amphibian and reptile species of special concern in California. Final Report submitted to the California Department of Fish and Game, Inland Fisheries Division, Rancho Cordova. Contract No. 8023. 255 pp.
• Norris (1958) Bulletin o
• Norris, K.S. 1958. The evolution and systematics of the iguanid genus Uma and its relation to the evolution of other North American desert reptiles. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 114(3): 251-326.
• Norris, K.S. 1967. Color adaptation in desert reptiles and its thermal relationships. In: W.W. Milstead (ed.) Lizard Ecology: A Symposium, pp. 162-229. University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri.
• Pough, F.H. 1969. Physiological aspects of the burrowing sand lizards (Uma, Iguanidae) and other lizards. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 31: 869-884.
• Pough, F.H. 1977. Uma notata. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 197: 1-2.
• Stebbins, R.C. 1944. Some aspects of the ecology of the iguanid genus Uma. Ecological Monographs 14: 311-322.
• Stebbins, R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. Second Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Stebbins, R.C. 2003. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Trepanier, T.L. and Murphy, R.W 2001. The Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard (Uma inornata): genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of an endangered species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18: 327-334.
• Wilgenbusch, J. and de Queiroz, K. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships among the phrynosomatid sand lizards inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences generated by heterogeneous evolutionary processes. Systematic Biology 40: 592-612.
• de Queiroz, K. 1992. Phylogenetic relationships and rates of allozyme evolution among lineages of sceloporine sand lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 45: 333-362.

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 5 providers.
• Hammerson, G.A. & Hollingsworth, B. 2007. Uma notata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• 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:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Herp Collection
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2546208
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-7552
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 683046
• IUCN ID: 247911
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARACF15021 ARACF15020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17861

Footnotes

1. Hammerson, G.A. & Hollingsworth, B. 2007. Uma notata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]

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