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Sceloporus parvus SMITH, 1934

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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesSceloporus parvus parvus SMITH 1934
Sceloporus parvus scutulatus SMITH 1937 
Common NamesE: Bluebelly Lizard
S: Lagartija Panza Azul 
SynonymSceloporus parvus SMITH 1934
Sceloporus parvus parvus — SMITH 1937
Sceloporus parvus parvus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 131
Lysoptychus parvus — LARSEN & TANNER 1975
Sceloporus parvus parvus — LINER et al. 1993
Sceloporus parvus — LINER 1994
Sceloporus parvus — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus parvus — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Sceloporus parvus — HEIMES 2022

Sceloporus parvus scutulatus SMITH 1937
Sceloporus parvus scutulatus SMITH 1937: 4
Sceloporus parvus scutulatus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 131
Sceloporus parvus scutulatus — SOLIS-ZURITA et al. 2019 
DistributionMexico (Nuevo Leon to San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Quéretaro, Zacatecas)

parvus: N Nuevo León to S San Luis Potosí west of the Sierra Oriental, Coahuila); Type locality: Hills 5 miles west of Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León.

scutulatus: NW San Luis Potosi south along the Sierra Oriental to S Hidalgo. Type locality: 30 miles north of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 100125, formerly EHT-HMS 7120, originally EHT-HMS field no. 292, collected 8 June 1932 by E. H. Taylor and H. M. Smith
Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 25056, originally EHT-HMS 7129, Hobart M. Smith and E. H. Taylor, collectors, paratypes: FMNH [scutulatus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Smith 1939: 251 
CommentIllustration on back cover of Iguana (Rundschreiben) 15 (1).

The subspecies scutulatus was rejected by Auth et al. (2000).

Named after Latin “parvus, -a, -um” = small, referring to the small maximum body length of this species (50 mm). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “parvus, -a, -um” = small.

The Latin scutula, "a small plate," and -atus, "provided with," refers to the perceived smaller scales than in other populations. 
References
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  • 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
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