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Sceloporus bicanthalis SMITH, 1937

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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Trans Volcanic Bunchgrass Lizard
S: Espinosa de Pastizal Neovolcánica 
SynonymSceloporus aeneus bicanthalis SMITH 1937
Sceloporus aeneus bicanthalis — SMITH 1939: 356
Sceloporus aeneus bicanthalis — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 137
Sceloporus bicanthalis — LINER 1994
Sceloporus bicanthalis — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus bicanthalis — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015
Sceloporus bicanthalis — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, México, Veracruz, N Hidalgo), elevation 3000-4500 m.

Type locality: Cofre de Perote, near Cruz Blanca, Veracruz.  
Reproductionviviparous (ovoviviparous) 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 32006 (originally EHT-HMS 7939) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Smith 1939: 356. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe name is derived from the Latin bi, "two", canthus, "edge" or "corner," and -alis, "pertaining to", and refers to the 2-2 canthals of the species, differentiating it from S. aeneus, with 1-1 canthals. 
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
  • Blackburn, D.G. 1994. Standardized criteria for the recognition of embryonic nutritional patterns in squamate reptiles. Copeia 1994 (4): 925-935 - get paper here
  • Bryson, Robert W.; Uri Omar García-Vázquez, Brett R. Riddle 2011. Relative roles of Neogene vicariance and Quaternary climate change on the historical diversification of bunchgrass lizards (Sceloporus scalaris group) in Mexico. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (1): 447-457 - 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
  • Casas-Andreu, G., F.R. Méndez-De la Cruz and X. Aguilar-Miguel. 2004. Anfibios y Reptiles; pp. 375–390, in A.J.M. García-Mendoza, J. Ordoñez and M. Briones-Salas (ed.). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. Instituto de Biología, UNAM-Fondo Oaxaqueño para la Conservación de la Naturaleza-World Wildlife Fund, México, D. F.
  • Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Hernández-Gallegos, O., F.R. Méndez-de la Cruz, M. Villagrán-Santa Cruz & R.M. Andrews 2002. Continuous Spermatogenesis in the Lizard Sceloporus bicanthalis (Sauria: Phrynosomatidae) from High Elevation Habitat of Central Mexico Herpetologica 58 (4): 415-421. - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. & Heimes, P. 2002. Stachelleguane. Herpeton-Verlag (Offenbach), 174 pp.
  • Leaché, A.D. 2010. Species trees for spiny lizards (Genus Sceloporus): Identifying points of concordance and conflict between nuclear and mitochondrial data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 162–171 - get paper here
  • Leaché, A.D. & J.W.Sites, Jr. 2009. Chromosome Evolution and Diversification in North American Spiny Lizards (Genus Sceloporus). Cytogenet Genome Res 127: 166-181 - get paper here
  • Leaché, Adam D.; Julia A. Palacios, Vladimir N. Minin and Robert W. Bryson Jr 2013. Phylogeography of the Trans-Volcanic bunchgrass lizard (Sceloporus bicanthalis) across the highlands of south-eastern Mexico. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110 (4): 852–865; DOI: 10.1111/bij.12172 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR 2020. A conservation checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of the State of Mexico, Mexico with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 953: 137-159 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal, Julio A., Geoffrey R. Smith 2015. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. Check List 11 (3): 1642 - 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
  • Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio; Raciel Cruz-Elizalde; Uriel Hernández-Salinas; Abraham Lozano; Jared A Grummer 2017. Reproductive trait variation in the Sceloporus scalaris species group (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from the Transvolcanic Belt, Mexico. Biol J Linn Soc 122 (4): 838–849 - get paper here
  • Rodríguez-Romero, F., G.R. Smith, O. Cuellar & R. Méndez de la Cruz 2004. Reproductive Traits of a High Elevation Viviparous Lizard Sceloporus bicanthalis (Lacertilia: Phrynosomatidae) from Mexico Journal of Herpetology 38 (3): 438-443. - get paper here
  • Romero, Felipe Rodríguez; Geoffrey R. Smith, Fernando Méndez-Sánchez, Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos, Petra Sánchez Nava, and Fausto R. Méndez de la Cruz 2011. Demography of a Semelparous, High-Elevation Population of Sceloporus bicanthalis (Lacertilia: Phrynosomatidae) from the Nevado de Toluca Volcano, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 56 (1): 71-77 - get paper here
  • Smith, H. M. 1939. The Mexican and Central American lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 26: 1-397. - get paper here
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  • 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
  • VÁSQUEZ CRUZ, VÍCTOR & ARLETH REYNOSO MARTÍNEZ. 2021. Predation on Abronia graminea (Squamata: Anguidae) and Sceloporus bicanthalis (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) by Lanius ludovicianus (Laniidae, Aves) in Veracruz, Mexico. Cuadernos de Herpetología 35(1): 147–150. - get paper here
  • Watkins-Colwell, Gregory J.;Smith, Hobart M.;Chiszar, David 1997. Sceloporus bicanthalis (Transvolcanic Bunchgrass Lizard). Patternlessness. Herpetological Review 28 (2): 88-89 - get paper here
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