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Sceloporus aureolus SMITH, 1942

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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Eastern Cleft Spiny Lizard, Southern Crevice Spiny Lizard
S: Espinosa Mucronada del Oriente 
SynonymSceloporus mucronatus aureolus SMITH 1942: 356
Sceloporus mucronatus aureolus — WEBB et al. 2002
Sceloporus mucronatus aureolus — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus aureolus —MARTINEZ-MENDEZ & MENDEZ-DE LA CRUZ 2007
Sceloporus mucronatus aureolus — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Sceloporus aureolus — HEIMES 2022
Sceloporus aureoles — SÁNCHEZ-LÓPEZ et al. 2025 (in error) 
DistributionMexico (WC Veracruz, Oaxaca, S Puebla). Type locality: Two miles west of Acultzingo, Veracruz.  
Reproductionviviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: USNM 112232, male, collected by H. M. Smith, 17 January 1939 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Similar to m. mucronatus, except: Dorsal scales usually more than 32; femoral pores usually over 13; no parallel longitudinal dark lines on middle of throat; adult males usually with longitudinal dark lines following the edges of the dorsal scale rows; centers of scales light; collar involving not over 4 scale lengths longitudinally. (Smith 1942)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin adjective aureolus (=aureus), "golden," referring to the golden-yellow dorsal color of adult males. 
References
  • Bell, E.L.; Smith, H.M. & Chiszar, D. 2003. AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE SPECIES-GROUP NAMES APPLIED TO THE LIZARD GENUS SCELOPORUS. Acta Zoologica Mexicana (n.s.) 90: 103-174 - get paper here
  • Canseco-Márquez, L., & Gutiérrrez-Mayén, M.G. 2010. Anfibios y reptiles del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán. Comisión Nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, México D.F., Mexico, 302 pp - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Illescas-Aparicio, M., Clark-Tapia, R., González-Hernández, A., Vásquez-Díaz, Pedro R. & Aguirre-Hidalgo, V. 2016. Diversidad y riqueza herpetofaunística asociada al bosque de manejo forestal y áreas de cultivo, en Ixtlán de Juárez, Oaxaca. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.) 32(3): 359-369 - get paper here
  • Martínez-Méndez, N. & Méndez-De la Cruz, F.R. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of the Sceloporus torquatus species-group (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Zootaxa 1609: 53-68 - get paper here
  • Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. 2015. The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62 - get paper here
  • Sánchez-López, K. E., Martín-Regalado, C. N., Gómez-Ugalde, R. M., & Martínez-Ramírez, E. 2025. Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles in Conserved Forests and Disturbed Areas: A Comparison in Southern Mexico. Diversity, 17(3): 141 - get paper here
  • Smith, Hobart 1942. Mexican herpetological miscellany. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 92 (3153): 349-395 - get paper here
  • Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - get paper here
  • Webb, Robert G., Julio Lemos-Espinal, and Hobart M. Smith 2002. A new subspecies of the lizard Sceloporus mucronatus (Sauria, Phrynosomatidae). Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 38(1):1-14 - get paper here
  • Woolrich-Piña, G. A., E. García-Padilla, D. L. DeSantis, J. D. Johnson, V. Mata-Silva, and L. D. Wilson 2017. The herpetofauna of Puebla, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (4): 791–884 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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