Sceloporus mucronatus
| Cleft lizard | |
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| Sceloporus mucronatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. mucronatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sceloporus mucronatus Cope, 1885 | |
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Sceloporus mucronatus, also known commonly as the cleft lizard, the central cleft lizard, and la espinosa mucronada in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sceloporinae of the family Phrynosomatidae.[2] The species is endemic to Mexico.[2] There are two recognized subspecies.[2]
Geographic distribution
Sceloporus mucronatus is found in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz, and in Mexico City.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of Sceloporus mucronatus are forest and shrubland, at elevations of 2,000–3,700 m (6,600–12,100 ft), but it has also been found in agricultural areas, where it shelters in rock crevices.[1]
Behavior
Sceloporus mucronatus is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
Sceloporus mucronatus gives birth to live young. Its mode of reproduction has been described as viviparous[1][2] and as ovoviviparous.[2]
Subspecies
Two subspecies of Sceloporus mucronatus are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Sceloporus mucronatus mucronatus Cope, 1885
- Sceloporus mucronatus olsoni Webb, Lemos-Espinal & H.M. Smith, 2002
Etymology
The subspecific name, olsoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Rupert Earl Olson.[3]: 195
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Ponce-Campos, P. (2007). "Sceloporus mucronatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64128A12747549.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sceloporus mucronatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
- Cope, E.D. (1885). "A contribution to the Herpetology of Mexico". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 22: 379–404. (Sceloporus torquatus mucronatus, new subspecies, p. 402).
- Heimes, P. (2022). Lizards of Mexico: Part 1. Iguanian Lizards: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. 2. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3-89973-101-9. 448 pp., 728 color photos.
- Méndez de la Cruz, Fausto R.; Guillette, Louis J., Jr.; Santa Cruz, Maricela Villagrán; Casas-Andreu, G. (1988). "Reproductive and Fat Body Cycles of the Viviparous Lizard, Sceloporus mucronatus (Sauria: Iguanidae)". Journal of Herpetology. 22 (1): 1–12.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Webb, R.G.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, H.M. (2002). "A New Subspecies of the Lizard Sceloporus mucronatus (Sauria, Phrynosomatidae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society. 38 (1): 1–14. (Sceloporus mucronatus olsoni, new subspecies).