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Sceloporus melanorhinus BOCOURT, 1876

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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesSceloporus melanorhinus calligaster SMITH 1942
Sceloporus melanorhinus melanorhinus BOCOURT 1876
Sceloporus melanorhinus stuarti SMITH 1948 
Common NamesE: Pastel Tree Lizard, Black-nosed Lizard, Southern Black-nosed Lizard
S: Espinosa Nariz Negra
calligaster: Pastel-bellied Spiny Lizard
stuarti: Stuart's Black-nosed Lizard 
SynonymSceloporus melanorhinus BOCOURT 1876
Sceloporus melanorhinus — BOULENGER 1885: 225
Sceloporus melanorhinus — SMITH 1939: 82
Sceloporus melanorhinus melanorhinus — SMITH 1942
Sceloporus melanorhinus melanorhinus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 112
Sceloporus melanorhinus — LINER 1994
Sceloporus melanorhinus — KÖHLER 2000: 85
Sceloporus melanorhinus melanorhinus — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus melanorhinus — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015
Sceloporus melanorhinus — CORTÉS-VÁZQUEZ et al. 2022

Sceloporus melanorhinus calligaster SMITH 1942
Sceloporus melanorhinus calligaster SMITH 1942: 360
Sceloporus melanorhinus calligaster — CAMARILLO-RANGEL 1983
Sceloporus melanorhinus calligaster — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus melanorhinus calligaster — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008

Sceloporus melanorhinus stuarti SMITH 1948
Sceloporus melanorhinus stuarti — ÁLVAREZ DEL TORO & SMITH 1956: 11
Sceloporus melanorhinus stuarti — STUART 1963
Sceloporus melanorhinus stuarti — BELL et al. 2003 
DistributionMexico (Morelos, Durango, México etc.), Guatemala.

melanorhinus: Mexico (Oaxaca). Type locality: Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. Restricted to Tehuantepec (City) by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.

calligaster: Mexico (Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero). Type Locality: Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.

stuarti: Type Locality: Finca Caníbal, about 3000 ft. elevation, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

stuarti: Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 5325, MNHN-RA 5325A-C (4 specimens), collected by F. Sumichrast
Holotype: USNM 112201, collected by H. M. Smith, 3 September 1939 [calligaster].
Holotype: UMMZ 96759, adult male, collected by L. C. Stuart, 18 April 1947 [stuarti] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large species, maximum snout-vent measurement
105 mm.; dorsal scales much larger than lateral scales, 27 to 33 from
occiput to base of tail; ventral scales 44 to 54, average 49.5; femoral
pores 17 to 24, average 19.5; four or five supraoculars, the last in con-
tact with median head scales, all separated from superciliaries by a
single row of small scales; outer row of labiomentals separated from
mental; two dark bars across snout and top of head; females with
large, more or less square blotches on back; sides of belly blue in
males, the center of abdomen orange. (Smith 1939: 82) 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Greek melanos, "black," and rhinos, "nose," refer to the black snout.

calligaster: The name is from the Greek words kalos, "beautiful," and gaster, "belly," and refers to the colorful orange venter in males.

stuarti: The genitive singular word honors L. C. Stuart, who contributed more than any other to the understanding of the herpetofauna of Guatemala. 
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