Petrosaurus

Petrosaurus thalassinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Phrynosomatidae
Subfamilia: Sceloporinae
Genus: Petrosaurus
Species (4): P. mearnsi – P. repens – P. slevini – P. thalassinus

Name

Petrosaurus Boulenger, 1885: 205

• Type species: Uta thalassina Cope, 1865, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Streptosaurus Mittleman, 1942: 111
  • Type species: Uta mearnsi Stejneger, 1894, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 2. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Aniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 497 pp., 24 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Mittleman, M.B. 1942. A summary of the iguanid genus Urosaurus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 91: 105–181. BHL

Additional references

• Grismer, L.L. 1999. An Evolutionary Classification of Reptiles on Islands in the Gulf of California, México. Herpetologica 55(4): 446–469. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Petrosaurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Baja California Rock Lizards

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