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Petrosaurus slevini (VAN DENBURGH, 1922)

IUCN Red List - Petrosaurus slevini - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Banded Rock Lizard
S: Lagarto de Roca Bandeado 
SynonymUta slevini VAN DENBURGH 1922
Streptosaurus slevini — MITTLEMAN 1942: 112
Streptosaurus slevini — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 91
Petrosaurus slevini — ETHERIDGE 1964
Petrosaurus slevini — GRISMER 1999
Petrosaurus slevini — JONES & LOVICH 2009
Petrosaurus slevini — WERNING 2014
Petrosaurus slevini — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico (Baja California: Islas Ángel de La Guarda and Mejía);

Type locality: Mejia Island, Gulf of California, Mexico.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: CAS 50506 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2425 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentGRISMER (1999) elevated Petrosaurus mearnsi slevini to full (evolutionary) species status based on its “darker dorsal color pattern, a nonreticulate opposed to reticulate gular pattern, and larger body size [max. SVL = 101 mm vs. 86 mm] relative to P. m. mearnsi”. 
EtymologyNamed after Joseph Richard Slevin, of the California Academy of Sciences, collector of the holotype. 
References
  • Etheridge, Richard 1964. The skeletal morphology and systematic relationships of sceloporine lizards. Copeia 1964 (4): 610-631 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. Lee. 1999. An evolutionary classification of reptiles on islands in the Gulf of California, México. Herpetologica 55 (4): 446-469 - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Jones, L.L. & Lovich, R.E. 2009. Lizards of the American Southwest. A photographic field guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ, 568 pp. [review in Reptilia 86: 84] - get paper here
  • Mittleman,M.B. 1942. A summary of the iguanid genus Urosaurus. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 105-181 - get paper here
  • Peralta-García A, Valdez-Villavicencio JH, Fucsko LA, Hollingsworth BD, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, Porras LW, and Wilson LD. 2023. The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1&2): 57–142
  • Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here
  • Van Denburgh, John 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America. Volume I. Lizards. Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. (10): 1–612 - get paper here
  • Werning, Heiko 2014. Leguane im „Wilden Westen“. Terraria-Elaphe 2014 (2): 16-25 - get paper here
 
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