Sceloporus asper BOULENGER, 1897
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Higher Taxa | Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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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. |
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] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A Sceloporus of moderate size, maximum snout-vent measurement 81 mm.; shoulder spot faint; scales on posterior surface of thigh about two-thirds size of preanal scales; dorsal scales 29 to 35, average 33.3; ventral scales 45 to 56, average 50.3; scales around body 40 to 48, average 43.7; femoral pores 15 to 19, average 16.8; dorsal scales strongly keeled, strongly mucronate; largest median lateral scales two-thirds size of dorsal scales; ventral scales one-fourth size of dorsal scales; supraoculars irregular; two canthals; anterior section of frontal usually longitudinally divided. Gular region of males immaculate; sides of belly pale blue, not dark-bordered; middle of abdomen light (Smith 1939: 52). |
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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. |
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