| Higher Taxa | Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Anahuacan Bunchgrass Lizard, Anahuacan Graphic Lizard
S: Arboricola del Valle de Anahuac |
| Synonym | Sceloporus anahuacus LARA-GONGORA 1983
Sceloporus anahuacus — LINER 1994
Sceloporus anahuacus — SMITH & LEMOS-ESPINAL 2005
Sceloporus anahuacus — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Sceloporus anahuacus — SÁNCHEZ-RIVERA et al. 2022
Sceloporus anahuacus — HEIMES 2022 |
| Distribution | C Mexico (Distrito Federal)
Type locality: Cerro del Coyote, Monte Alegre, Sierra del Ajusco, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MZFC 044, collected by G. Lara-Góngora, O. Sánchez-Herrera, and O. Flores-Villela, at 3400 m. Flores-Villela et al. (1991) gave 862 as the number
of the holotype, and that number is correct (Flores-Villela, pers. comm.). |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Synonymy: Formerly considered as S. grammicus.
Status: Although Sites et al. (1988) suggested that this species is not valid, Flores-Villela (1993), and others, maintain it. |
| Etymology | Named after the word anahuacus is Latinized from the Nahuatl word anahuac, and refers to the high montains bordering the southern portion of the Meseta del Anahuac. |
| References |
- Ávila-Bocanegra, Luis E., Geoffrey R. Smith, Guillermo A. Woolrich-Piña and Julio A. Lemos-Espinal 2012. Body temperatures of Sceloporus anahuacus from a montane zone of northeastern Estado de México, Mexico. Herpetological Bulletin (121) - get paper here
- Güizado-Rodríguez, Martha Anahí, Uri Omar García-Vázquez, Israel Solano-Zavaleta, Rolando Jonathan Maceda-Cruz & Christopher Duifhuis-Rivera. 2022. Intra-population variation of body temperature of the lizard Sceloporus anahuacus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) in Sierra del Ajusco, Mexico. Acta Zoologica MEXICANA (N.S.) 38(1): 1–12. - get paper here
- Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp.
- Köhler, G. & Heimes, P. 2002. Stachelleguane. Herpeton-Verlag (Offenbach), 174 pp.
- Lara-Gongora G 1983. Two new species of the lizard genus Sceloporus (Reptilia, Sauria, Iguanidae) from the Ajusco and Ocuilan Sierras, Mexico. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 19 (1) 1983: 1-14 - get paper here
- Lara-Góngoro, Guillermo 2004. A new species of Sceloporus (Reptilia, Sauria: Phrynosomatidae) of the grammicus complex from Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 40(1): 1-41 - get paper here
- Lara-Resendiz, Rafael A. and Uri Omar García-Vázquez. 2013. Sceloporus anahuacus (Anahuacan graphic lizard) selected body temperature. Herpetological Review 44 (4): 682-683 - 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
- 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
- Sites,J.W. & Davis 1989. Phylogenetic Relationships and Molecular Variability Within and Among six Chromosome Races of Sceloporus grammicus (Sauria, Iguanidae), Based on Nuclear and Mitochondrial Markers. Evolution 43: 296-317 - get paper here
- Sites,J.W. et al. 1988. Herpetologica 44: 297-307 - get paper here
- Smith, G.R. & Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 2005. Comparative escape behavior of four species of Mexican Phrynosomatid Lizards. Herpetologica 61 (3): 225-232 - get paper here
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