Petrosaurus repens (VAN DENBURGH, 1895)

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Higher Taxa	Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	G: Baja-California-Felsenleguan S: Lagarto de Roca Hocico Corto
Synonym	Uta repens VAN DENBURGH 1895: 102 Uta repens — VAN DENBURGH 1922: 190 Petrosaurus repens — GRISMER 1999 Petrosaurus repens — JUNGNICKEL 2004 Petrosaurus repens — HERNANDEZ-GALLEGOS et al. 2004 Petrosaurus repens — KRACHT 2004 Petrosaurus repens — LINER 2007 Petrosaurus repens — LEMOS-ESPINAL 2015 Petrosaurus repens — HEIMES 2022
Distribution	Mexico (Baja California, from North of the Isthmus of La Paz, northward to at least Rancho Santa Catarina and Isla Danzante) Type locality: Commundu, Lower California.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAS 633
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	The subspecific name repens is from the Latin répere, to creep, which refers to the movements of this lizard in its natural rocky habitat.
References	Aguilars S., M. A.; Sites, J. W., Jr.;Murphy, R. W. 1988. Genetic variability and population structure in the lizard genus Petrosaurus (Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 22 (2): 135-145 - 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 Burré, G. 2004. Auf der Suche nach dem Blauen Felsenleguan. Iguana Rundschreiben 17 (1): 25-28 Dickhoff, A. 2003. Petrosaurus thalassinus (COPE 1863) - der Blaue Felsenleguan. Reptilia (Münster) 8 (41): 72-79 - get paper here Grismer, L. Lee 1996. Geographic Distribution. Petrosaurus repens. Herpetological Review 27 (3): 153 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. Hernandez-Gallegos, Oswaldo; Casas-Andreu, Gustavo; Rodriguez-Romero, Felipe; Mendez, Fausto R. 2004. Petrosaurus repens (Central Baja California banded Rock Lizard). Scale Variation. Herpetological Review 35 (4):394-395 - get paper here Jennings M R 1990. Petrosaurus Boulenger. Rock lizards. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 494: 1-2 - get paper here Jennings, M.R. 1990. Petrosaurus thalassinus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 496: 1-3 - 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 Jungnickel, J. 2004. Notizen zur Fortpflanzung des Felsenleguans Petrosaurus repens (VAN DENBURGH, 1895). Sauria, Berlin 26 (2): 3-7 - get paper here Kober, I. & Geissel, U. 2006. Welcher Typ passt zu mir? Die verschiedenen Lampen in der Terraristik. Terraria 1 (1): 17-21 Kracht, M. 2004. Erfahrungen bei der Zucht von Petrosaurus repens. Iguana Rundschreiben 17 (2): 14 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 Leviton, Alan E.; Banta, Benjamin H. 1964. Midwinter reconnaissance of the herpetofauna of the Cape Region of Baja California, Mexico. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 30 (7): 127-156 - get paper here Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - 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 Schulze Niehoff, Peter 2014. Immer an der Wand lang: Der Baja-California-Felsenleguan, Petrosaurus repens, im Terrarium. Terraria-Elaphe 2014 (2): 38-45 - get paper here Stebbins,R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston Van Denburgh,J. 1895. A review of the herpetology of Lower California. Part I - Reptiles. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 77-163 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://saturn.spaceports.com/~leguan/b_leguan.htm http://www.ittiofauna.org/webmuseum/rettili/ophiomorus_punctatissimus01.htm Google images

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