Sceloporus torquatus
| Crevice swift | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. torquatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828
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Sceloporus torquatus, the crevice swift, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It inhabits the center of Mexico, specifically, the west of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.
Naming
The subspecies Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni was named by Hobart Muir Smith and José Ticul Álvarez in honor of professor emeritus of English, Michael J. Preston.[2][3]
References
- ^ Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Ponce-Campos, P. (2007). "Sceloporus torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64155A12749796.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Preston", p. 211).
- ^ "Sceloporus torquatus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2022-03-16.