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Sauromalus klauberi SHAW, 1941

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Higher TaxaIguanidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Catalina Chuckwalla, Spotted Chuckwalla
S: Iguana de Pared Manchada 
SynonymSauromalus klauberi SHAW 1941: 285
Sauromalus ater klauberi — SOULÉ & SLOAN 1966
Sauromalus klauberi — LINER 1994
Sauromalus klauberi — HOLLINGSWORTH 1998: 150
Sauromalus klauberi — KÖHLER & ZORN 2014
Sauromalus klauberi — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico (Gulf of California: Isla Santa Catalina)

Type locality: Santa Catalina  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SDNHM = SDSNH 6859, adult male; paratypes SDNHM = SDSNH 6860, 6861 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. A medium sized chuckwalla intermediate in scalation between S. slevini and S. ater, but differing from both in having the body spotted rather than transversely banded across the back. Klauberi may also be distinguished by its large, spinose, nuchal scales irregularly disposed among those of much smaller size, and by the presence between the shoulders of enlarged, strongly spinose, scales which border each side of the median band of enlarged dorsal scales. In general the scalation is finer than that of slevini with a consequent increase in the number of ventral scale rows between the anus and the gular fold. (Shaw 1941)


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CommentAbundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
References
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  • Hollingsworth, B. D. 1998. The systematics of Chuckwallas (Sauromalus) with a phylogenetic analysis of other iguanid lizards. Herpetological Monographs 12: 38-191. - get paper here
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  • Lovich, K.; Mahrdt, C.R. & Beaman, K.R 2008. A Curator and His Rattlesnakes: The History of Laurence Monroe Klauber at the San Diego Zoo. In: Hayes et al. (eds), The biology of rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press, pp. 25-38
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