Sceloporus graciosus

Sceloporus graciosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Iguania Parvordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species: Sceloporus graciosus
Subspecies: S. g. gracilis – S. g. graciosus

Name

Sceloporus graciosus Baird & Girard, 1852

Syntypes: USNM 2877, (four); collected by H. Stansbury; date unknown.

Type locality: Valley of the Great Salt Lake [Utah].

Mentions

• Sceloporus graciousus [sic] Baird & Girard 1852: 69
• Sceloporus graciosus — Yarrow 1875 (emendation)
• Sceloporus gratiosus — Boulenger 1885: 230
• Sceloporus graciosus — Stebbins 1985: 133
• Sceloporus graciosus — Conant & Collins 1991: 109
• Sceloporus graciosus graciosus — Collins & Taggart 2009

References

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852: Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6: 68–70.

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• Collins, J.T. & T.W. Taggart. 2009: Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Sixth Edition. Center for North American Herpetology, 48 pp.
• Ruiz, Mayté; Wang, Danfeng; Reinke, Beth A.; Demas, Gregory E.; Martins, Emília P. 2011: Trade-offs between reproductive coloration and innate immunity in a natural population of female sagebrush lizards, Sceloporus graciosus, The Herpetological journal, 21(2): 131–134.