Sceloporus aeneus

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: Sceloporus
Species: Sceloporus aeneus
Subspecies (2): S. a. aeneus – S. a. subniger

Name

• Sceloporus aeneus Wiegmann, 1828: 370

Holotype: ZMB 657, collected by F. Deppe.

Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “Tres Cumbres”, by Smith & Taylor (1950).

References

Primary references

• Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde (in German). Isis von Oken 21(4): 364–383. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sceloporus aeneus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2018.
• Canseco-Márquez, L., Mendoza-Quijano, F. & Ponce-Campos, P. 2007. IUCN: Sceloporus aeneus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64084A12735261. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64084A12735261.en

Vernacular names

English: Light-bellied Bunch Grass Lizard
español: Lagartija Escamosa