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is a member of the
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group, sharing with other species in that group parallel lateral scale rows, femoral pore series that are either in contact or separated by no more than two scales, females with smooth preanal scales, and males with lateral abdominal color patches (
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;
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Smith
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<emphasis id="19DB67177312FF96FACBD3DE31272FED" box="[1311,1360,1503,1529]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="348">et al</emphasis>
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. 1997
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</bibRefCitation>
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; Watkins-Cowell
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<emphasis id="19DB67177312FF96FE80D00335F22C0F" box="[340,389,1537,1563]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="348">et al</emphasis>
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. 2006).
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<emphasis id="19DB67177312FF96FE36D00036BD2C0F" box="[482,714,1537,1563]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="348">Sceloporus hesperus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from other species in this group by the following combination of characters: single canthal on each side of the head, small adult size (SVL less than
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, average
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), 41–47 dorsal scales (average 43), 40–45 scales around midbody (average 43), 37–39 ventral scales (average 38), tibia length/head length proportion of 0.75–0.89 (average 0.84), 11–17 scales bordering the interpariatel scale (average 14), adult females with lightly mottled or pale venters, and adult males with extensive dark pigment on the venter, heavily mottled throats, and orange or rust-colored flanks.
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Description of
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.
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</emphasis>
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Adult male (
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). SVL =
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, total length including tail =
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. Head length =
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. Tibia length =
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. Entire hind limb length (including fourth toe) =
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. Forelimb length =
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. Dorsal head scales keeled with smooth margins. Four internasal scales, two deeply notched towards midline and two rectangular. Canthals 1-1. Loreals 1-1. Supralabials 5-4. Infralabials 6-6. Postnasals 2-3. Preoculars 1-1 with strong transverse keel on dorsal surface. Three frontonasals, each with many ridges. Three prefrontals, each with many ridges. Frontal trapezoidal, with three ridges. Frontoparietals 1-1. Parietals 2-1. Lorilabial rows 2-2. Dorsal scales keeled, triangular, with sharp posterior point. Dorsal scale margins transparent, smooth (not serrate). Forty two dorsal scales. Forty scales around midbody. Ventral scales rounded, with a notch at posterior apex.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="19DB67177311FF95FF43D5E5356429E8" bold="true" box="[151,275,996,1020]" pageId="14" pageNumber="349">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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(A) Dorsal, (B) ventral, and (C) lateral views of the holotype of
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(MZFC 35571). (D) Close-up view of head.
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<paragraph id="2B10BB057311FF95FF13D27231FB2EED" blockId="14.[151,1437,1139,1849]" pageId="14" pageNumber="349">Two white dorsolateral stripes, one-scale wide, that begin at posterior margin of ear opening and extend posteriorly to tail. Pale brown vertebral stripe two scale-rows wide. Five dark brown transverse bars between vertebral and dorsolateral stripe on each side. Gular region mostly black with about 10% of scales white, randomly scattered. Proximal dorsal surface of tail with four dark brown blotches on either side of midline; few blue scales scattered on proximal half.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="19DB67177311FF95FF13D30335B82F08" bold="true" box="[199,463,1282,1308]" pageId="14" pageNumber="349">Color in preservative.</emphasis>
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Dorsal and lateral surface of head brown; labials dark brown, bordered dorsally and ventrally by one row of white scales. Loreal scales white. Dorsum light brown, with dark brown transverse bars and light dorsolateral stripes as described above. All white regions on dorsum infused with blue (presumably from leeching). Lateral body scales light, with increasing melanism towards venter. Throat dark blue or black, with few, scattered light-colored scales. Venter dark blue and melanized, except for midventral, pale-colored patch about six scale-rows wide extending anteriorly from inguinal region, diminishing anteriorly until absent on chest. Dorsal surface of tail as above; ventral surface cream. Limbs same color as dorsum, with few scattered light blue scales.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="19DB67177311FF95FF13D3FF35482C0C" bold="true" box="[199,319,1534,1560]" pageId="14" pageNumber="349">Variation.</emphasis>
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Variation in meristic and mensural characters of male and female
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is summarized in
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. All males have heavily mottled, dark turquoise throats. Ventral surfaces of
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(including the
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) are similarly dark in preservative, with a distinct pale-colored patch extending midventrally from about the intersection of the hindlimbs towards the front limbs; in the third, the belly is much less melanized. The dorsal surface of males ranges from weakly patterned to patternless. In weakly patterned individuals, such as the
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, the dark brown transverse bars between the vertebral and dorsolateral stripes are dimly evident.
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shows the coloration of an adult male in life; particularly noticeable are the orange-colored flanks of males. Of the
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, one has a lightly mottled throat and ventral surface, while the other is pale. The dorsal surface of
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is strongly patterned, and marked with sharply defined dark transverse bars; the other female is patternless.
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Male
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from the type locality. Specimen photographed and released.
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is one of the smallest species in the
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<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FC27D231301F2E5E" box="[1011,1128,1072,1098]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. scalaris</emphasis>
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group, having a mean SVL of
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.
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, previously reported to be the smallest
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group species, has a mean SVL of
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(
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).
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is most similar to
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and
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, sharing with them a single canthal on each side of the head, relatively short legs (tibia length/head length proportion less than 0.9), small adult size (maximum SVL less than
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), 36–50 dorsal scales, extensive dark pigment on the venter of adult males, a black-barred or darkly mottled chin/throat in adult males, orange or rust-colored flanks in adult males, and oviparity.
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<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FE5DD30936062F36" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" box="[393,625,1288,1314]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hesperus">
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||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FE5DD30936062F36" box="[393,625,1288,1314]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">Sceloporus hesperus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FC77D30930562F36" box="[931,1057,1288,1314]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger">
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||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FC77D30930562F36" box="[931,1057,1288,1314]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. subniger</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the combination of its smaller adult size (maximum SVL =
|
||
<quantity id="EC5716E07310FF94FE0CD32A36512F51" box="[472,550,1323,1349]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.7" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" unit="mm" value="47.0">47 mm</quantity>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FD9CD32A36B02F51" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" box="[584,711,1323,1349]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hesperus">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FD9CD32A36B02F51" box="[584,711,1323,1349]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. hesperus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
vs.
|
||
<quantity id="EC5716E07310FF94FD26D32A37362F51" box="[754,833,1323,1349]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.2" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" unit="mm" value="62.0">62 mm</quantity>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FCB6D32A37A82F51" box="[866,991,1323,1349]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FCB6D32A37A82F51" box="[866,991,1323,1349]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. subniger</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; average SVL =
|
||
<quantity id="EC5716E07310FF94FB4ED32A308A2F51" box="[1178,1277,1323,1350]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.54" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" unit="mm" value="45.4">45.4 mm</quantity>
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||
vs.
|
||
<quantity id="EC5716E07310FF94FAFDD32A31E72F51" box="[1321,1424,1323,1349]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.86" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" unit="mm" value="48.6">48.6 mm</quantity>
|
||
), more dorsal scales (average of 43 vs. 41), more scales around midbody (average of 43 vs. 41), more ventral scales (average of 38 vs. 34), and fewer scales bordering the interpariatel scale (average of 14 vs. 16). Female
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FAC9D37131EA2F9E" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" box="[1309,1437,1392,1418]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hesperus">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FAC9D37131EA2F9E" box="[1309,1437,1392,1418]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. hesperus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also have considerably less mottling on the ventral surface than female
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FC04D39230262FB9" box="[976,1105,1427,1453]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger">
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||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FC04D39230262FB9" box="[976,1105,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. subniger</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FBB5D392313C2FB9" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" box="[1121,1355,1427,1453]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hesperus">
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||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FBB5D392313C2FB9" box="[1121,1355,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">Sceloporus hesperus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FF00D3B735412FDB" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" box="[212,310,1461,1488]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dixoni">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FF00D3B735412FDB" box="[212,310,1461,1488]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. dixoni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the combination of their smaller adult size (maximum SVL =
|
||
<quantity id="EC5716E07310FF94FBC6D3B730162FC4" box="[1042,1121,1462,1488]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.7" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" unit="mm" value="47.0">47 mm</quantity>
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||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FB50D3B731732FDB" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" box="[1156,1284,1461,1488]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hesperus">
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<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FB50D3B731732FDB" box="[1156,1284,1461,1488]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. hesperus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
vs.
|
||
<quantity id="EC5716E07310FF94FAE5D3B431F72FC4" box="[1329,1408,1461,1488]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.4" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" unit="mm" value="54.0">54 mm</quantity>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FF43D3D9348D2FE6" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" box="[151,250,1496,1522]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dixoni">
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<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FF43D3D9348D2FE6" box="[151,250,1496,1522]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. dixoni</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; average SVL =
|
||
<quantity id="EC5716E07310FF94FE6ED3D936692FE7" box="[442,542,1496,1523]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.54" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" unit="mm" value="45.4">45.4 mm</quantity>
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||
vs.
|
||
<quantity id="EC5716E07310FF94FD99D3D936C22FE7" box="[589,693,1496,1523]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.71" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" unit="mm" value="47.1">47.1 mm</quantity>
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||
), slightly shorter legs (average tibia length/head length proportion 0.84 vs. 0.86), more ventral scales (average = 38 vs. 35), more dorsal scales (41–47, average = 43 vs. 37–45, average = 41), and more scales around midbody (40–45, average = 43 vs. 37–43, average = 40).
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="63B5E88E7310FF94FF13D04130B22C69" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" type="etymology">
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||
<paragraph id="2B10BB057310FF94FF13D04130B22C69" blockId="15.[151,1437,1072,2043]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FF13D04135392C4E" bold="true" box="[199,334,1600,1626]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The specific epithet is derived from the Greek word
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FC7CD04130662C4E" box="[936,1041,1600,1626]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">hesperos,</emphasis>
|
||
meaning “western”, and is used in reference to the
|
||
<typeStatus id="F41405A77310FF94FE98D062350B2C69" box="[332,380,1635,1661]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality located at the far western end of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="63B5E88E7310FF8BFF13D08430202AE3" lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="351" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="2B10BB057310FF8BFF13D08430202AE3" blockId="15.[151,1437,1072,2043]" lastBlockId="16.[151,1436,151,247]" lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="351" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FF13D08435162C8B" bold="true" box="[199,353,1669,1695]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4F3EC6F47310FF94FEB3D08436422CB4" author="Smith, H. M." box="[359,565,1669,1696]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" pagination="1 - 427" refId="ref13607" refString="Smith, H. M. (1939) The Mexican and Central American lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Zoological Series: Field Museum of Natural History, 26, 1 - 427." type="journal article" year="1939">Smith (1939: 356)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
cites several published records from the late 1800s for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FB74D08731282C8B" authority="aeneus" box="[1184,1375,1670,1696]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="aeneus" subSpecies="aeneus">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FB74D08731282C8B" box="[1184,1375,1670,1696]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. aeneus aeneus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingRegion id="E96B75E77310FF94FF43D0A9349F2CD6" box="[151,232,1704,1730]" country="Mexico" name="Jalisco" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">Jalisco</collectingRegion>
|
||
: “N of Rio Santiago (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4F3EC6F47310FF94FE01D0A936012CD6" author="Gunther, A. C. L. G." box="[469,630,1704,1730]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" refId="ref12459" refString="Gunther, A. C. L. G. (1890) Biologia Centrali-Americana. Reptilia and Batrachia. Porter, London." type="book" year="1890">Günther 1890</bibRefCitation>
|
||
); La Cumbre de los Arrastrados (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4F3EC6F47310FF94FC31D0A930E92CD6" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[997,1182,1704,1730]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" pagination="474 - 522" refId="ref11145" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1897) A revision of the lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897, 474 - 522." type="journal article" year="1897">Boulenger 1897</bibRefCitation>
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||
); Hda. Santa Gertrudis (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4F3EC6F47310FF94FF4BD0CA352D2CF1" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[159,346,1739,1765]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" pagination="474 - 522" refId="ref11145" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1897) A revision of the lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897, 474 - 522." type="journal article" year="1897">Boulenger 1897</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).” Over 50 years later,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4F3EC6F47310FF94FD8FD0CA37102CF1" author="Smith, H. M. & Camarillo-Rangel, J. L. & Chiszar, D." box="[603,871,1739,1765]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" pagination="130 - 139" refId="ref13642" refString="Smith, H. M., Camarillo-Rangel, J. L. & Chiszar, D. (1993) The status of the members of the Sceloporus aeneus complex (Reptilia: Sauria) of Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society, 29, 130 - 139." type="journal article" year="1993">
|
||
Smith
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FD71D0CD36A12CF1" box="[677,726,1739,1765]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. (1993: 133)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
commented that Boulenger’s records from
|
||
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|
||
“appear to be too far west to be accepted without verification.” If Boulenger’s records are indeed correct, specimens from La Cumbre de los Arrastrados and Hacienda Santa Gertrudis in the Sierra de Cuale might be referable to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FA53D111348C2D59" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hesperus">
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||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FA53D111348C2D59" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. hesperus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. A narrow ridge above
|
||
<quantity id="EC5716E07310FF94FDD5D132362A2D59" box="[513,605,1843,1869]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" unit="m" value="2200.0">2,200 m</quantity>
|
||
extends across southwestern
|
||
<collectingRegion id="E96B75E77310FF94FC73D13237842D59" box="[935,1011,1843,1869]" country="Mexico" name="Jalisco" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">Jalisco</collectingRegion>
|
||
from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="F41405A77310FF94FBB5D13230E62D59" box="[1121,1169,1843,1869]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality in the Sierra de Mascota through the Sierra de Cuale to the Sierra de Manantlán. The reptiles and amphibians in this remote region of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="53B8FB957310FF94FF63D179357A2D86" box="[183,269,1912,1938]" name="Mexico" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">Mexico</collectingCountry>
|
||
remain poorly sampled (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4F3EC6F47310FF94FDF8D179372C2D86" author="Reyes-Velasco, J. & Grunwald, C. I. & Jones, J. M. & Weatherman, G. N." box="[556,859,1912,1939]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" pagination="19 - 25" refId="ref13405" refString="Reyes-Velasco, J., Grunwald, C. I., Jones, J. M. & Weatherman, G. N. (2010) Rediscovery of the rare Autlan longtailed rattlesnake, Crotalus lannomi. Herpetological Review, 41, 19 - 25." type="journal article" year="2010">
|
||
Reyes-Velasco
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FD0FD17837792D86" box="[731,782,1912,1938]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2010
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). If suitable montane bunchgrass habitat is present along the forested mountain pass connecting these three sierras, then it is conceivable that additional populations of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC0867310FF94FF43D1BF35602DC3" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" box="[151,279,1981,2008]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="350" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hesperus">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FF43D1BF35602DC3" box="[151,279,1981,2008]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. hesperus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
will be found here. For now, the only known population of
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="19DB67177310FF94FC60D1BF30432DC3" box="[948,1076,1981,2008]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">S. hesperus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is from the high-elevation pineoak forest at the
|
||
<typeStatus id="F41405A77310FF94FE9AD1E035092DEF" box="[334,382,2017,2043]" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality in the Sierra de Mascota of
|
||
<collectingRegion id="E96B75E77310FF94FCDAD1E137292DEE" box="[782,862,2016,2042]" country="Mexico" name="Jalisco" pageId="15" pageNumber="350">Jalisco</collectingRegion>
|
||
. The low-elevation valleys trending northwest from the Nevado de
|
||
<collectingRegion id="E96B75E7730FFF8BFE94D69635E52AA5" box="[320,402,151,177]" country="Mexico" name="Colima" pageId="16" pageNumber="351">Colima</collectingRegion>
|
||
likely serve as a geographic barrier between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC086730FFF8BFC5AD69630792AA5" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" box="[910,1038,151,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="351" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hesperus">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB6717730FFF8BFC5AD69630792AA5" box="[910,1038,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="351">S. hesperus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC086730FFF8BFB91D69630D02AA5" authorityName="Bryson & Grummer & Connors & Tirpak & Mccormack & Klicka" authorityYear="2021" box="[1093,1191,151,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="351" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dixoni">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB6717730FFF8BFB91D69630D02AA5" box="[1093,1191,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="351">S. dixoni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. This lower-elevation area is also inhabited by
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC086730FFF8BFE79D6BB36242AC7" box="[429,595,185,212]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="351" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unicanthalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB6717730FFF8BFE79D6BB36242AC7" box="[429,595,185,212]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="351">S. unicanthalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC086730FFF8BFD5ED6BB36882AC7" box="[650,767,185,212]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="351" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scalaris">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB6717730FFF8BFD5ED6BB36882AC7" box="[650,767,185,212]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="351">S. scalaris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4F3EC6F4730FFF8BFCD9D6B830622AC7" author="Thomas, R. A. & Dixon, J. R." box="[781,1045,185,211]" pageId="16" pageNumber="351" pagination="523 - 536" refId="ref13754" refString="Thomas, R. A. & Dixon, J. R. (1976) A re-evaluation of the Sceloporus scalaris group (Sauria: Iguanidae). Southwestern Naturalist, 20, 523 - 536." type="journal article" year="1976">Thomas & Dixon 1976</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="4F3EC6F4730FFF8BFBF4D6B831282AC0" author="Watkins-Colwell, G. J. & Smith, H. M. & Chiszar, D." box="[1056,1375,185,212]" pageId="16" pageNumber="351" refId="ref13841" refString="Watkins-Colwell, G. J., Smith, H. M. & Chiszar, D. (2006) Sceloporus scalaris Wiegmann. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, 814.1 - 814.10." type="book" year="2006">
|
||
Watkins-Colwell
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB6717730FFF8BFB30D6BB31622AC7" box="[1252,1301,185,211]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="351">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2006
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), two larger-bodied species in the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECAFC086730FFF8BFE06D6DD36302AE2" box="[466,583,220,246]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="351" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scalaris">
|
||
<emphasis id="19DB6717730FFF8BFE06D6DD36302AE2" box="[466,583,220,246]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="351">S. scalaris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group not known to co-occur with
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<taxonomicName id="ECAFC086730FFF8BFC06D6DD30272AE2" box="[978,1104,220,246]" class="Reptilia" family="Phrynosomatidae" genus="Sceloporus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="351" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subniger">
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<emphasis id="19DB6717730FFF8BFC06D6DD30272AE2" box="[978,1104,220,246]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="351">S. subniger</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |