Urosaurus clarionensis (TOWNSEND, 1890)

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Higher Taxa	Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Clarion Island Tree Lizard S: Arboricola de Isla Clarion
Synonym	Uta clarionensis TOWNSEND 1890 Urosaurus clarionensis — MITTLEMAN 1942: 149 Urosaurus clarionensis — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 142 Urosaurus clarionensis — LINER 1994 Urosaurus clarionensis — LINER 2007 Urosaurus clarionensis — HEIMES 2022
Distribution	Mexico (Colima: Clarion Island) Type locality: Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico [belonging to Colima]
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: USNM 15904-15908
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Enlarged dorsals strongly carinate, prominently imbricate, and very regularly dispersed in two parallel series on either side of a series of very small vertebrals which commence on the nape; scales of primary series well developed, and slightly larger than those of the secondary series; largest of the dorsals considerably larger than the enlarged femorals anchor tibials; dorsolateral tubercles very well developed, as are those of the lateral fold; between the dorsolateral tubercles and the lateral fold are short series of tubercles which occasionally present a diagonal arrangement; frontal transversely divided; lateral abdominal scales mucronate and carinate (Mittleman 1942: 149).
Comment	Distribution: see map in Feldman et al. 2011. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Brattstrom, B. H. 1990. Biogeography of the Islas Revillagigedo, Mexico. J. Biogeography 17: 177-183 - get paper here Brattstrom, B.H. 1955. Notes on the herpetology of the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. American Midland Naturalist 54(1): 219-229. - get paper here Feldman, Chris R.; Oscar Flores-Villela, Theodore J. Papenfuss 2011. Phylogeny, biogeography, and display evolution in the tree and brush lizard genus Urosaurus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61 (3): 714-725 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Pierce LJS, Painter CW 2020. The amphibians and reptiles of Colima, Mexico, with a summary of their conservation status. ZooKeys 927: 99-125 - get paper here Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here Townsend, C.H. 1890. Scientific results of explorations by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. No. XV.-Reptiles from Clarion and Socorro Islands and the Gulf of California, with description of a new species. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 13: 143-144 - get paper here Wiens, J.J. 1993. Phylogenetic systematics of the tree lizards (genus Urosaurus). Herpetologica 49 (4): 399-420 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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