Sceloporus exsul DIXON, KETCHERSID & LIEB, 1972

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Higher Taxa	Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Queretaran Desert Lizard S: Espinosa del Desierto de Querétaro
Synonym	Sceloporus exsul DIXON, KETCHERSID & LIEB 1972 Sceloporus exsul — FERGUSON 1982: 183 Sceloporus exsul — LINER 1994 Sceloporus exsul — BELL et al. 2003 Sceloporus exsul — HEIMES 2022
Distribution	Mexico (Queretaro) Type locality: “Peña Blanca, 1420 m, Queretaro, Mexico”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: TCWC 32376, collected by C. A. Ketchersid, 14 June 1970.
Diagnosis
Comment	Abundance: this is one of the species called “lost” and “rediscovered” by Lindken et al. 2024.
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 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. Dixon, James R.; Ketchersid, Chesley A. & Lieb, Carl S. 1972. A new species of Sceloporus (undulatus group; Sauria, Iguanidae) from Mexico. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 84 (38): 307-312 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. - get paper here Köhler, G. & Heimes, P. 2002. Stachelleguane. Herpeton-Verlag (Offenbach), 174 pp. Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here Sites, Jack W., Jr.;Haiduk, Michael W. 1979. The karyotype of Sceloporus exsul (Sauria: Iguanidae). Southwestern Naturalist 24 (2): 393-395 - get paper here Smith, Hobart M.;Flores-Villela, Oscar A. 1994. Noteworthy lizards of the genera Phrynosoma and Sceloporus in the Museo de Zoología "Alfonso Herrera". Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 30 (3): 114-119 - get paper here Tepos-Ramírez M, Garduño-Fonseca FS, Peralta-Robles CA, García-Rubio OR, Cervantes Jiménez R 2023. Annotated checklist of amphibians and reptiles from Querétaro, Mexico, including new records, and comments on controversial species. Check List 19(2): 269-292 - get paper here
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