Sceloporus hesperus

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 hesperus

Name

Sceloporus hesperus Bryson & Grummer in Bryson et al., 2021: 348

• Holotype: MZFC 35571 (field number RWB 1107), adult ♂, collected by R.W. Bryson Jr. and M. Torocco on 10 April 2011.
• Type locality: “2.2 km (by air) SE Lago de Juanacatlán, Sierra de Mascota, municipality of Mascota, Jalisco (N 20.6102°, W 104.7208°, 2314 m; WGS84)”.

References

Primary references

• Bryson, Jr., R.W., Grummer, J.A., Connors, E.M., Tirpak, J., McCormack, J.E. & Klicka, J. 2021. Cryptic diversity across the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Mexico in the montane bunchgrass lizard Sceloporus subniger (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Zootaxa 4963(2): 335–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.2.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sceloporus hesperus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 September 2022.