Urosaurus ornatus

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,394 meters (0 to 7,854 feet).[1]

Ecology: Habitat includes a wide range of situations from desert to the lower edge of the spruce-fir zone; usually this lizard perches on massive rocks or trees (mesquite, oak, pine, juniper, alder, cottonwood, tamarisk, rough-bark eucalyptus) (Hammerson 1999, Stebbins 2003), sometimes on fence posts or buildings. It is often associated with river courses . When inactive , it occurs in tree stumps, under bark , in rock crevices, in burrows, or similar protected sites. It lays eggs probably in soil/underground, or under rocks.[2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     6     Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)   
  
•     8     Desert   
  
•     8.1     Desert - Hot   
  
•     8.2     Desert - Temperate   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Urosaurus ornatus ornatus ? Mittleman 1942: 133 • Urosaurus ornatus ornatus – Mittleman 1942: 133 • Urosaurus ornatus ornatus — Smith & Taylor 1950: 142 • Urosaurus ornatus — Conant & Collins 1991: 111 • Urosaurus ornatus — Liner 1994 • Urosaurus ornatus — Stebbins 1985: 136 • Uta ornata Baird & Girard 1852 • Uta ornata ornata Schmidt 1921 • Uta ornata — Boulenger 1885: 213

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Syntypes: USNM 2750 (ornatus) Holotype: Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. 19237 (caeruleus ) Holotype: Mus. Vert. Zool. UC 7751 (chiricahuae) Holotype: USNM 2759 (lost fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950). Neotype : USNM 62077 from Los Nogales, Sonora (linearis) Holotype: USNM 32929 (schmidti) Holotype: USNM 2761 (schottii) (now lost fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950) Holotype: USNM 2760 (symmetrica); now lost (fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950). Neotype: USNM 2744 Subspecies and synonymy after SMITH & TAYLOR 1950. Uta ornata chiricahuae MITTLEMAN 1941 has been synonymized with U. o. linearis by MURRAY 1953 while linearis has been synonymized with schotti by LANGEBARTEL & SMITH 1954. U. o. wrighti is not listed in CROTHER 2000.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Urosaurus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:

U. auriculatus (Socorro Island Tree Lizard) · U. clarionensis (Clarion Island Tree Lizard) · U. gadovi (Gadow's Tree Lizard) · U. graciosus (Long-Tailed Brush Lizard) · U. graciosus graciosus (Long-Tailed Brush Lizard) · U. graciosus shannoni (Arizona Brush Lizard) · U. irregularis (Mexican Brush Lizard) · U. lahtelai (Baja California Brush Lizard) · U. nigricaudus (Baja California Brush Lizard) · U. ornatus (Eastern Tree Lizard) · U. ornatus levis (Canyon Tree Lizard) · U. ornatus schmidti (Big Bend Tree Lizard) · U. ornatus symmetricus (Colorado River Tree Lizard) · U. ornatus wrighti (Northern Cliff Lizard)

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Further Reading

• Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams / Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1983. url p. 454.
• Asiatic herpetological research. 7 1997 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url fig. 2, page 158, p. 161.
• Behavior and ecology of the rock iguana Cyclura carinata / by John Burton Iverson III. 1977. url p. 292, p. 368, p. 377.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. 19 1974 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 43.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 142, p. 143, p. 144, p. 234, p. 235, p. 240, p. 243, p. 244, p. 245, p. 249, p. 251, p. 265, p. 272, p. 281, p. 285.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 91 1942 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url descr. of plate 4 , p. 238, p. 239, p. 251, p. 255, p. 260, p. 342.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 117, p. 50.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 116, p. 157.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1970 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 205, p. 61.
• Name that animal; a guide to the identification of the common land and fresh-water animals of the United States, with special reference to the area east of the Rockies. With drawings by Olive Driver. Northampton? Mass., 1950 url p. 379.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 2, p. 24, p. 4.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1979- url p. 63.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 251, p. 254, p. 255, p. 256, p. 258, p. 281, p. 282, p. 285, p. 286, p. 287, p. 311, p. 316, p. 319, p. 320, p. 574, p. 581, p. 586.
• Studies on skeleton formation in reptiles. Olivier Rieppel. 68 1992 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c1992. url p. 3.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 41 1981 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 138, p. 164, p. 17, smith, medica & sanborn, page 175, figs. 1-2, page 181, p. 474, fig. 3, page 5, fig. 12, page 83.
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 20 1984 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 256, p. 272.
• Tulane studies in zoology and botany. 18 1974 New Orleans: Tulane University, [1968- url p. 171.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 18 1969 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 142, fig. 2, plate 38, fig. 5, p. 718, p. 719, p. 726, p. 740.
• Variation in clutch and litter size in New World reptiles / by Henry S. Fitch. 1985 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1985. url p. 22, p. 28, fig. 7, page 29, p. 49, p. 60, p. 65, p. 66, p. 68, appendix ii, page 72, p. 76.
• Vertebrate ecology and systematics: a tribute to Henry S. Fitch / edited by Richard A. Seigel. .. [et al.]. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1984. url p. 272.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. Urosaurus ornatus. 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:

• Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Amphibian and Reptile Collection
• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles: Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Herp Collection
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2546309
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-7620
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208851
• IUCN ID: 248131
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARACF16030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 177707

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,311.810 meters (4,303.839 feet), Standard Deviation = 667.200 based on 47 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. Urosaurus ornatus. 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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