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Sceloporus woodi STEJNEGER, 1918

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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Florida Scrub Lizard 
SynonymSceloporus woodi STEJNEGER 1918: 90
Sceloporus woodi — SMITH 1946: 246
Sceloporus woodi — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 108
Sceloporus woodi — CROTHER 2000
Sceloporus woodi — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus woodi — CROTHER et al. 2012 
DistributionUSA (Florida)

Type Locality: Auburndale, Polk Co., Florida.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 48720, collected by Nelson R. Wood in 1912 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Nelson R. Wood ( -1920), collector of the type specimen, and Taxidermist at the U.S. National Museum. 
References
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  • Bogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill); Cowles, Raymond B. (Raymond Bridgman) 1947. Moisture loss in relation to habitat selection in some Floridian reptiles. American Museum novitates (1358) - get paper here
  • Bowie, Albert 1973. Predation on Lizards by Sceloporus woodi. Journal of Herpetology 7 (3): 318 - get paper here
  • Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
  • Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2012. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92
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  • Gibbons, Whit; Judy Greene, and Tony Mills 2009. LIZARDS AND CROCODILIANS OF THE SOUTHEAST. University of Georgia Press, 240 pp.
  • Heath, Stacy; Aaron W. Schrey, Kyle G. Ashton, Henry R. Mushinsky, and Earl D. McCoy 2012. Contrasting Genetic Differentiation of a Poorly Dispersing Lizard in Connected and Fragmented Scrub Habitats. Journal of Herpetology 46 (4): 602-607. - get paper here
  • Hokit, D.G. & L.C. Branch 2003. Habitat Patch Size Affects Demographics of the Florida Scrub Lizard (Sceloporus woodi) Journal of Herpetology 37 (2): 257-265. - get paper here
  • Jackson, J. F. 1973. Distribution and population phenetics of the Florida scrub lizard, Sceloporus woodi. Copeia 1973 (4): 746-761 - get paper here
  • Jackson, J.F. & S.R. Telford, Jr. 1974. Reproductive Ecology of the Florida Scrub Lizard, Sceloporus woodi Copeia 1974 (3): 689-694. - get paper here
  • Jackson, James F. 1973. The Phenetics and Ecology of a Narrow Hybrid Zone. Evolution 27 (1): 58-68 - get paper here
  • Jones, J.P. 1927. An Extension of the Range of Sceloporus woodi Stejneger Copeia 160: 181-182. - get paper here
  • Kaunert, Matthew D.; and Lance D. McBrayer 2015. Population Density of the Florida Scrub Lizard (Sceloporus woodi) in Managed Florida Scrub and <br>Longleaf Pine Sandhill Habitats. Herp. Cons. Biol. 10 (3) - get paper here
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