You are here » home › advanced search › Sceloporus torquatus

Sceloporus torquatus WIEGMANN, 1828

IUCN Red List - Sceloporus torquatus - Least Concern, LC
iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Sceloporus torquatus?

Add your own observation of
Sceloporus torquatus »

Find more photos by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Crevice Swift, Torquate Lizard, Wiegmann's Torquate Lizard
S: Espinosa de Collar 
SynonymSceloporus torquatus WIEGMANN 1828: 369
Agama torquata PEALE & GREEN 1830
Tropidolepis torquatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 301
Tropidolepis Torquatus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 270
Sceloporus ferrariperezi COPE 1885: 400
Sceloporus torquatus torquatus — COPE 1885: 402
Sceloporus torquatus — BOULENGER 1885: 219
Sceloporus ferrariperezi ferrariperezi — SMITH 1939: 214
Sceloporus ferrariperezi ferrariperezi — SCHMIDT 1947
Sceloporus torquatus torquatus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 125
Sceloporus torquatus — LINER 1994
Sceloporus torquatus — WIENS et a. 2010
Sceloporus torquatus — CAMPILLO-GARCÍA et al. 2021
Sceloporus torquatus — CORTÉS-VÁZQUEZ et al. 2022
Sceloporus torquatus — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico (Durango, Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Jalisco)

torquatus: C Mexico, including Hidalgo, SC Veracruz, México, Distrito Federal, N Puebla, E Morelos, S Guanajuato, N Michoacán. Type locality: Mexico. Restricted to México, Distrito Federal, by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.

ferrariperezi: Mexico (Guanajuato, Michoacan); Type Locality: Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.  
Reproductionviviparous (all species of the torquatus group are viviparous) 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 629, paralectotype: ZMB 631; some of the former syntypes (ZMB 628-631), collected by Ferdinand Deppe, belong to other species, see comments.
Holotype: ANSP 8499; Mexico [Agama torquata]
Syntypes: USNM 9874, 9876, 9878, 9880, 9895 (latter exchanged to MCZ in 1944 fide Cochran, 1961) [ferrariperezi]. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (379 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Sceloporus torquatus is the type species of the genus Sceloporus Wiegmann, 1828. For a recent phylogeny of the genus see WIENS et al. 2010.

Subspecies: Sceloporus torquatus minor and other subspecies are now treated as full species or as a subpsecies of S. jarrovii.

Synonymy: Agama torquata PEALE & GREEN 1830 has been described independently and given (serendipitoulsy!) the same species epithet. The name is thus a junior secondary homonym and objective synonym of Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann (1828).

Sympatry: Circular sympatry may occur between S. t. mikeprestoni, derived from S. t. torquatus, and S. t. binocularis, derived from S. t. melanogaster. Additional field work in the hiatus between the ranges of S. t. mikeprestoni and S. t. binocularis is necessary to resolve this problem (BELL et al. 2003) but see CAMPILLO-GARCÍA et al. 2021 for an update.

Types: One of the syntypes of Sceloporus ferrariperezi COPE (USNM 9880) is actually Sceloporus spinosus according to SMITH & TAYLOR 1950. One of the syntypes of S. torquatus, ZMB 628 was determined to be Sceloporus aureolus Smith, 1942 by Campillo-Garcia et al. 2021. These authors also re-determined the specimen ZMB 630, another syntype of S. torquatus, as S. t. melanogaster by having undivided supraocular scales, 30 dorsal scales, 41 ventral scales, diffuse dark nuchal collar interrupted by dorsolateral light bands or marks, as well as a series of dark irregular spots that fade over the base of the tail. Finally, they also found that specimen ENCB 5756, a paratype of S. t. mikeprestoni, actually pertains to Sceloporus minor Cope, 1885. This specimen has divided supraocular scales, 36 dorsal scales, 40 scales around the body, and 44 ventral scales.

Group: S. torquatus group. The torquatus group consists of 10 species: S. binocularis, S. bulleri, S. geminus, S. huichol, S. insignis, S. jarrovii, S. madrensis, S. melanogaster, S. mikeprestoni and S. torquatus, fide Campillo-García et al. 2023.

Key: Campillo-García et al. 2023: 11 provide a key to the 10 species of the S. torquatus group.

Distribution: Not in Querétaro fide Tepos-Ramírez et al. (2023). Not in Nayarit, where it is replaced by S. huichol fide LOC-BARRAGÁN et al. 2024 (checklist Nayarit), but previously reported from Nayarit (HR 30: 111). 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin torquatus, "adorned with a necklace or collar", refers to the conspicuous, light-bordered black collar in these lizards.

The genus was named after Greek scelos (σκέλος), leg + Greek poros (πόρος), pore; crossing-place. ["…pori femorales magni…"]. 
References
  • Adler, K. 1997. Illustrations of reptiles. Fauna 1 (1): 64-71
  • 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
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1897. A revision of the lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897: 474-522 - get paper here
  • Cadena-Rico, S., Leyte-Manrique, A., & Hernández-Salinas, U. 2020. Herpetofauna de la cuenca baja del Río Temascatio, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México. Acta zoológica mexicana, 36
  • Campillo-García G, Flores-Villela O, Butler BO, Velasco Vinasco JA, Ramírez Corona F 2021. Hidden diversity within a polytypic species: The enigmatic Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Reptilia, Squamata, Phrynosomatidae. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 781-798 - get paper here
  • Campillo-García, G., Flores-Villela, O. A., Butler, B. O., Benabib, M., & Castiglia, R. 2023. More cryptic diversity among spiny lizards of the Sceloporus torquatus complex discovered through a multilocus approach. Amphibia-Reptilia, 1(aop), 1-15 - get paper here
  • Carbajal-Márquez, Rubén A. and Gustavo E. Quintero-Díaz 2016. The Herpetofauna of Aguascalientes, México. Revista Mexicana de Herpetología 2(1):
  • Carbajal-Márquez, Rubén A., Zaira Y. González-Saucedo and J. Jesús Sigala-Rodriguez. 2014. Sceloporus torquatus (central plateau torquate lizard) aquatic escape behavior. Herpetological Review 45 (1): 134 - get paper here
  • Castro Franco, R. & M. G. Bustos-Zagal 2003. Lagartijas de Morelos, México: distribución, hábitat y conservación. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.) 88:123-142 - get paper here
  • Castro-Franco, Rubén, María Guasalupe Bustos-Zagal 1994. List of reptiles of Morelos, Mexico, and their distribution in relation to vegetation types. Southwestern Naturalist 39 (2): 171-175 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1885. A contribution to the herpetology of Mexico. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22: 379-404 - get paper here
  • Cortés-Vázquez, S., Núñez-Carrillo, L. C., Cruz-Sáenz, D., Carrasco-Ortiz, M. A., Rodríguez-López, A., Lazcano, D., ... & Wilson, L. D. 2022. Notes on the Herpetofauna of Western Mexico 29: Herpetofauna of Natural Protected Area “El Diente,” Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society, 57(10), 177-185 - get paper here
  • CRUZ-CANO, NORMA BERENICE; URIEL ÁNGEL SÁNCHEZ-RIVERA, CARMEN ÁLVAREZ-RODRÍGUEZ, RODRIGO DÁVILA-GOVANTES, MARIO CÁRDENAS-LEÓN & MARTÍN MARTÍNEZ-TORRES. 2021. Sex steroids are correlated with environmental factors and body condition during the reproductive cycle in females of the lizard Sceloporus torquatus. General and Comparative Endocrinology 314: 113921. - get paper here
  • Cruz-Elizalde R, Ramírez-Bautista A, Pineda-López R, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Rocha A, Fucsko LA, Wilson LD. 2022. The herpetofauna of Querétaro, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(1) [General Section]: 148–192 (e308) - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. and Julio A. Lemos-Espinal 2010. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Queretaro, Mexico. Tlalnepantla UNAM, 428 pp.
  • Dugès, ALFREDO 1888. Erpetología del Valle de México. La Naturaleza, ser. 2, vol. 1: 97-146 [1887] - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1837. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 570 pp. - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M.C., G. BIBRON & A. DUMÉRIL 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 9. Paris, XX + 440 S. - get paper here
  • Dunn, Emmett Reid 1936. The amphibians and reptiles of the Mexican Expedition of 1934. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 88: 471-477 - get paper here
  • Etheridge, Richard 1964. The skeletal morphology and systematic relationships of sceloporine lizards. Copeia 1964 (4): 610-631 - get paper here
  • Feria-Ortiz, Manuel 1989. Contribucion al conocimiento del ciclo de vida de Sceloporus torquatus torquatus (Lacertilia: Iguanidae), al Sur del Valle de Mexico. Boletín de la Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana 1 (2): 31-34 - get paper here
  • Fernández-Badillo, Leonardo & Irene Goyenechea-Mayer Goyenechea 2010. Anfibios y reptiles del valle del Mezquital, Hidalgo, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 81: 705- 712
  • Fernández-Badillo, Leonardo; Norma Leticia Manríquez-Morán; Jesús Martín Castillo-Cerón & Irene Goyenechea 2016. Análisis herpetofaunístico de la zona árida del estado de Hidalgo. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 156–170 - get paper here
  • Fitch, H. S. 1978. Sexual size differences in the genus Sceloporus. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 51 (13): 441-461 - get paper here
  • FLORES-VILLELA, Oscar, SMITH, E. N., CAMPILLO-GARCÍA, Gustavo, MARTÍNEZ-MÉNDEZ, Norberto, & CAMPBELL, J. A. 2022. A new species of Sceloporus of the torquatus group (Reptilia: Phrynosomatidae) from West Mexico. Zootaxa 5134 (2): 286-296 - get paper here
  • GARCÍA-PADILLA, ELÍ; IVÁN VILLALOBOS- JUÁREZ & DAVID LAZCANO 2024. APUNTES SOBRE LA PRESENCIA DE LA VÍBORA DE CASCABEL DE LAS ROCAS TAMAULIPECA (CROTALUS MORULUS) EN TAMAULIPAS Biología y Sociedad 7 (13): 22-37
  • Gravenhorst, J. L. C. 1838. Beiträge zur genaueren Kenntniss einiger Eidechsengattungen. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. 18: 712-784 [1837]
  • Guillette, L.J., Jr. & F.R. Méndez-de la Cruz 1993. The Reproductive Cycle of the Viviparous Mexican Lizard Sceloporus torquatus Journal of Herpetology 27 (2): 168-174. - get paper here
  • Gutsche, A. 2016. Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841) und sein Beitrag zur Herpetologie der Neotropis am Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Mertensiella 23: 156–169
  • Hall, W.P. 2009. Chromosome Variation, Genomics, Speciation and Evolution in Sceloporus Lizards. Cytogenet Genome Res 127: 143-165 - get paper here
  • Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Hobart M. Smith and Ticul Alvarez 1974. Possible Intraspecific Sympatry in the Lizard Species Sceloporus torquatus, and Its Relationship with S. cyanogenys. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 77 (4): 219-224 - 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
  • 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 JA, Smith GR 2020. A conservation checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Mexico City, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 951: 109-131 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR 2020. A conservation checklist of the herpetofauna of Morelos, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 941: 121-144 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Gadsden-Esparza H, Valdez-Lares R, Woolrich-Piña GA 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 748: 65-87 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Pierce LJS, Painter CW 2020. The amphibians and reptiles of Colima, Mexico, with a summary of their conservation status. ZooKeys 927: 99-125 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Woolrich-Piña GA 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 753: 83-106 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal, Julio A. (ed.) 2015. Amphibians and Reptiles of the US - Mexico Border States / Anfibios y Reptiles de los Estados de la Frontera México - Estados Unidos. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas. x + 614 pp.; ISBN 978-1-62349-306-6. - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal, Julio A. and James R. Dixon 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of San Luis Potosí. Eagle Mountain Publishing, xii + 300 pp.
  • 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
  • Leyte-Manrique A, Mata-Silva V, Báez-Montes O, Fucsko LA, DeSantis DL, García-Padilla E, Rocha A, Johnson JD, Porras LW, Wilson LD. 2022. The herpetofauna of Guanajuato, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(2) [General Section: 133–180 (e321) - get paper here
  • Leyte-Manrique, Adrian; Abel Antonio Buelna-Chontal,<br>Miguel Alejandro Torres-Dıaz, Christian Berriozabal-Islas, and Carlos Alberto Maciel-Mata 2019. A Comparison of Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Between Disturbed and Undisturbed Environments of Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Mexico. Tropical Conservation Science 12: 1–12 - get paper here
  • Leyte-Manrique, Adrian; Christian Berriozabal-Islas, Vicente Mata-Silva, and Juan Pablo Morales-Castorena 2018. Herpetofaunal diversity in Área Natural Protegida Las Musas, Guanajuato, Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 5 (1): 122–136 - get paper here
  • Leyte-Manrique, Adrian; Efrén M. Hernández Navarro y Luis A. Escobedo-Morales 2015. Herpetofauna de Guanajuato: Un análisis histórico y contemporáneo de su conocimiento. Revista Mexicana de Herpetología 1(1): 1–14
  • Liner, E. A.; Chaney, A. H. 1990. Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni; Rhadinaea montana. Herpetological Review 21 (1): 22-24 - get paper here
  • Liner, Ernest A.; Olson, R. Eral 1973. Adults of the lizard Sceloporus torquatus binocularis Dunn. Herpetologica 29 (1): 53-55 - get paper here
  • Luja VH, López JA, Cruz-Elizalde R, Ramírez-Bautista A 2017. Herpetofauna inside and outside from a natural protected area: the case of Reserva Estatal de la Biósfera Sierra San Juan, Nayarit, Mexico. Nature Conservation 21: 15-38 - get paper here
  • Martin, Plul S. 1958. A biogeography of reptiles and amphibians in the Gomez Farias Region, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Miscellaneous publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (101): 1-102 + 7 plates - get paper here
  • Martínez-Méndez N, Mejía O, Ortega J, Méndez-de la Cruz F. 2019. Climatic niche evolution in the viviparous Sceloporus torquatus group (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). PeerJ 6: e6192 - 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
  • Martínez‐Torres M, Álvarez‐Rodríguez C, Luis J, Sánchez‐Rivera UÁ. 2019. Electroejaculation and semen evaluation of the viviparous lizard Sceloporus torquatus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Zoo Biology. 2019;1–4 - get paper here
  • Martínez‐Torres M, Sánchez‐Rivera UÁ, Cruz‐Cano NB, Castro‐Camacho YJ, Luis J, Medrano A. 2019. A non‐invasive method for semen collection and evaluation in small and medium size lizards. Reprod Dom Anim. 2019;54(Suppl. 4): 54–58 - get paper here
  • Muñoz-Nolasco, Francisco Javier; Daniel Cruz-Sáenz, Oscar Jair Rodríguez-Ruvalcaba and Isaac Enrique Terrones-Ferreiro 2015. Notes on the Herpetofauna of Western Mexico 12: Herpetofauna of a Temperate Forest in Mazamitla, Southeastern Jalisco, Mexico. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 50 (4):45-50 - get paper here
  • Nevárez-de-los-Reyes, Manuel, David Lazcano, Elí García-Padilla, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The Herpetofauna of Nuevo León, Mexico: Composition, Distribution, and Conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (3): 558–638 - get paper here
  • Olson, R. Earl 1986. A new subspecies of Sceloporus torquatus from the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 22 (4): 167-170 - get paper here
  • Olson, R. Earl 1990. Sceloporus torquatus: its variation and zoogeography. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 25: 117-127 - get paper here
  • Olson, R.E. 1991. Sceloporus torquatus madrensis in San Luis Potosi Mexico Bull. Maryland Herpetol. Soc., 27(1): 38-39. - get paper here
  • Ortiz, M.F., A. Nieto-Montes de Oca & I.H.S. Ugarte 2001. Diet and Reproductive Biology of the Viviparous Lizard Sceloporus torquatus torquatus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) Journal of Herpetology 35 (1): 104-112. - get paper here
  • Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo & OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24 - get paper here
  • Peale, T.R. & Green, J. 1830. Description of two new species of the Linnean genus Lacerta. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 6: 231-234 - get paper here
  • Rivera-Rea, J; González-Morales, J C; Baastians, E & Fajardo, V 2018. Sceloporus torquatus (Torquate Lizard) Selected body temperature. Herpetological Review 49 (3): 490 - get paper here
  • Rojo-Gutiérrez, Juan Rubén; David Jaimes-Rodríguez , Daniel Cruz-Sáenz , Laura López-Fernández , Enrique Chávez-Uribe and David Lazcano 2018. Notes on the Herpetofauna of Western Mexico 19: An Update to the Herpetofauna of Volcán de Tequila in Jalisco, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 53(8):165-169 - get paper here
  • Rosas-Espinoza, V.C.; Rodríguez-Zaragoza, F.A.; Álvarez-Grzybowska, E.; Peña-Joya, K.E.; Santiago-Pérez, A.L.; Godoy-González, A.A.; Huerta-Martínez, F.M. 2024. Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Reptiles in a Heterogeneous Landscape of Jalisco State, West-Central Mexico. Diversity 2024, 16, 394 - get paper here
  • Roth-Monzón AJ, Mendoza-Hernández AA, Flores-Villela O. 2018. Amphibian and reptile biodiversity in the semi-arid region of the municipality of Nopala de Villagrán, Hidalgo, Mexico. PeerJ 6: e4202 - get paper here
  • Salcido-Rodríguez, Israel; Francisco Isaac Hernández-Valadez , Adriana Elizabeth Castillo-Franco , Daniel Cruz-Sáenz , Edgar Emmanuel Hernández-Juárez , David Lazcano , Lydia Allison Fucsko and Larry David Wilson 2023. Notes on the Herpetofauna of Western Mexico 31: Herpetofauna from Sierra de Tesistán, Zapopan,. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 58(10):165-171 - get paper here
  • Sánchez-Rivera UÁ, Medrano A, Cruz-Cano NB, Alcántar-Rodríguez A, Dávila-Govantes R, Castro-Camacho YJ, Martínez-Torres M 2022. Implementation of a method for sperm cryopreservation in sceloporine lizards. Conserv Physiol 10(1): coac068; - get paper here
  • Schmidt, Karl P.;Shannon, Frederick A. 1947. Notes on amphibians and reptiles of Michoacan, Mexico. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 31 (9): 63-85
  • 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
  • Smith, H. M. 1963. Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Reptilia): proposed validation under the plenary powers. Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 20 (5): 374-375 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Smith, Hobart M. 1938. The lizards of the torquatus group of the genus Sceloporus Wiegmann, 1828. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 24 (21): 539-693 [1936] - get paper here
  • Smith, Hobart M. & Taylor, Edward H. 1950. Type localities of Mexican reptiles and amphibians. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 33 (8): 313-380 - get paper here
  • Taylor, Edward H. 1931. The discovery of a lizard Sceloporus torquatus cyanogenys Cope in texas, new to the fauna of the United States. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 44: 129-132 - get paper here
  • Taylor, Edward H. 1952. Third contribution of the herpetology of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 34 (13): 793-815 - get paper here
  • Terán-Juárez, Sergio A., Elí García Padilla, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The herpetofauna of Tamaulipas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (1): 43–113 - 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
  • Treviño-Saldana, C. H. 1988. A new montane lizard (Sceloporus jarrovi cyaneus) from Nuevo León, Mexico. Revista de Biologia Tropical 36: 407-411 - get paper here
  • Turner, D. S., Van Devender, T. R., Hale, S. F., Zach, R., Martínez, R., Van Devender, R. W., ... & Paholski, C. 2022. Amphibians and reptiles of Rancho Las Playitas area, Sonora, Mexico. Sonoran Herpetologist, 35, 50-59 - get paper here
  • Valdez-Lares, R.; R. Muñiz-Martínez; E.Gadsden; G. Aguirre-León; G. Castañeda-Gaytán; R. Gonzalez-Trápaga 2013. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, México. Check List 9 (4):714-724 - get paper here
  • Vázquez Díaz, Joel;Quintero Díaz, Gustavo E. 2005. Anfibios y Reptiles de Aguascalientes [2nd ed.]. CONABIO, CIEMA, 318 pp.
  • Vite-Silva, Victor D.; Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista y Uriel Hernández-Salinas 2010. Diversidad de anfibios y reptiles de la Reserva de la Biosfera Barranca de Metztitlán, Hidalgo, México Diversity of amphibians and reptiles from the Barranca de Metztitlán Biosphera Reserve in Hidalgo, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 81: 473- 485 - get paper here
  • Webb R G. & Axtell R W. 1994. The type locality of Sceloporus torquatus minor Cope, 1885 (Sauria: Iguanidae). Southwestern Naturalist 39 (1): 40-44 - get paper here
  • Webb, Robert G.;Hensley, Max 1959. Notes on reptiles from the Mexican State of Durango. Publications of the Museum - Michigan State University, Biological Series 1 (6): 249-258
  • Wiegmann,A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde. Isis von Oken 21 (4): 364-383 - get paper here
  • Wiens, J.J. & Penkrot, T.A. 2002. Delimiting species using DNA and morphological variation and discordant species limits in Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus). Systematic Biology 51 (1): 69-91 - get paper here
  • Wiens, John J.; Caitlin A. Kuczynski, Saad Arif & Tod W. Reeder 2010. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF PHRYNOSOMATID LIZARDS BASED ON NUCLEAR AND MITOCHONDRIAL DATA, AND A REVISED PHYLOGENY FOR SCELOPORUS. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 150-161 - get paper here
  • Wilson, Larry David;McCranie, James R. 1979. Notes on the herpetofauna of two mountain ranges in Mexico (Sierra Fria, Aguascalientes, and Sierra Morones, Zacatecas. Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 271-278 - 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
  • Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo A, Paulino Ponce-Campos, Jesús Loc-Barragán, Juan Pablo Ramírez-Silva, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson, Elí García-Padilla and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (2): 376-448 - get paper here
  • Zweifel, Richard G. 1959. Additions to the herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico. American Museum Novitates (1953): 1-13 - get paper here
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:


Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator