| Higher Taxa | Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | S: Espinosa Aspera
E: Asperous Spiny Lizard |
| Synonym | Sceloporus asper BOULENGER 1897: 476
Sceloporus obscurus VAN DENBURGH 1897 (fide SMITH 1939)
Sceloporus asper — SMITH 1939: 51
Sceloporus asper — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 109
Sceloporus asper — LINER 1994
Sceloporus asper — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus asper — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Sceloporus asper — HEIMES 2022 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero)
obscurus: Type Locality: Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico.
Type locality: La Cumbre de los Arrastrados, Jalisco.
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| Reproduction | viviparous (ovoviviparous) |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.30.2-7
Holotype: CAS 3213, collected by Gustav Eisen and Frank H. Vaslit, November 1894 [obscurus] |
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| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Latin “asper(a)” = rough, referring to the rough-scaled appearance of the species.
The Latin obscurus, "dark," or "indistinct," refers to the bluish steel dorsal color, without collar or other markings. |
| 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
- Boulenger, G.A. 1897. A revision of the lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897: 474-522 - get paper here
- 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
- Köhler, G. & Heimes, P. 2002. Stachelleguane. Herpeton-Verlag (Offenbach), 174 pp.
- Loc-Barragán JA, Smith GR, Woolrich-Piña GA, Lemos-Espinal JA 2024. An updated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Nayarit, Mexico with conservation status and comparison with adjoining States. Herpetozoa 37: 25-42 - 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
- Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo & OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24 - 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
- Van DENBURGH 1898. Reptiles from Sonora, Sinaloa, and Jalisco, Mexico, with a description of a new species of Sceloporus. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1897: 460-464 - 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
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