Grismer's collared lizard
Grismer's collared lizard | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Crotaphytidae |
Genus: | Crotaphytus |
Species: | C. grismeri |
Binomial name | |
Crotaphytus grismeri McGuire, 1994[2] |
Grismer's collared lizard (Crotaphytus grismeri), also known commonly as the Sierra los Cucapas collared lizard and el cachorón de Sierra de los Cucapas in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to Baja California, Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, grismeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Larry Lee Grismer.[3]
Geographic range
In Baja California, C. grismeri is found in the Sierra de Los Cucapah and the contiguous Sierra El Mayor.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. grismeri is rocky areas of desert.[1]
Description
C. grismeri is smaller as an adult than all other species of Crotaphytus. The light portion of the collar is green, and the tail is dull orange.[2]
Behavior
C. grismeri is terrestrial and saxicolous.[1]
Reproduction
C. grismeri is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Hollingsworth, B. (2007). "Crotaphytus grismeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64009A12734673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64009A12734673.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Crotaphytus grismeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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. (Crotaphytus grismeri, pp. 108-109).
Further reading
- McGuire JA (1994). "A new species of collared lizard (Iguania: Crotaphytidae) from northeastern Baja California, México". Herpetologica 51 (4): 438-450 (Crotaphytus grismeri, new species).
- Jones, Lawrence L.C.; Lovich, Robert E. (editors) (2009). Lizards of the American Southwest: A Photographic Field Guide. Tucson, Arizona: Rio Nuevo Publishing. 568 pp. ISBN 978-1933855356.
- Lipfert, Jürgen (2004). Halsbandleguan: Die Gattung Crotaphytus. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 64 pp. ISBN 3937285156. (in German).
- Villegas-Petraca, Rafael; Aguilar-López, José Luis; Hernández-Hernández, Julio César; Muñoz-Jiménez, Oscar (2022). "Diversity and conservation of terrestrial vertebrates (birds, mammals, and reptiles) of Sierra Cucapá, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico". ZooKeys 1088: 17–39.
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