Urosaurus bicarinatus
| Urosaurus bicarinatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Urosaurus |
| Species: | U. bicarinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Urosaurus bicarinatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1856)
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Urosaurus bicarinatus is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sceloporinae of the family Phrynosomatidae. The common names for this species are tropical tree lizard or roñito arborícola in Mexican Spanish. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1][2] There are five recognized subspecies.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Urosaurus bicarinatus is forest.[1]
Reproduction
Urosaurus bicarinatus is oviparous.[2]
Subspecies
The following five subspecies of Urosaurus bicarinatus, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Urosaurus bicarinatus anonymorphus (Mittleman, 1941)
- Urosaurus bicarinatus bicarinatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1856)
- Urosaurus bicarinatus nelsoni (Schmidt, 1921)
- Urosaurus bicarinatus spinosus Bumzahem & H.M. Smith, 1954
- Urosaurus bicarinatus tuberculatus (Schmidt, 1921)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Urosaurus.
Etymology
The subspecific name, nelsoni, is in honor of American ornithologist Edward William Nelson.[3]: 188
References
- ^ a b c Ponce-Campos, P.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Urosaurus bicarinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d Urosaurus bicarinatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 January 2015.
- ^ 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
- Bumzahem, C.B.; Smith, H.M. (1954). "A New Race of Urosaurus bicarinatus (Reptilia: Squamata) from Chiapas, Mexico". Herpetologica. 10: 181–183. (Urosaurus bicarinatus spinosus, new subspecies).
- Duméril, A.[H.A.] (1826). "Description des reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, et remarques sur la classification et les caractères des reptiles ". Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 8: 437–588. (Phymatolepis bicarinatus, new species, pp. 549–551). (in French).
- Mittleman, M.B. (1941). "Two New Lizards of the Genus Uta ". Herpetologica. 2: 33–38. ("1940"). (Uta anonymorpha, new species).
- Schmidt, K.P. (1921). "New Species of North American Lizards of the Genera Holbrookia and Uta ". American Museum Novitates (22): 1–6. (Uta nelsoni, new species; Uta tuberculata, new species).