Sceloporus cryptus SMITH & LYNCH, 1967

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Higher Taxa	Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Sierra Juarez Spiny Lizard S: Lagartija de las Cercas
Synonym	Sceloporus cryptus SMITH & LYNCH 1967 Sceloporus cryptus — LINER 1994 Sceloporus cryptus — BELL et al. 2003 Sceloporus cryptus — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015
Distribution	Mexico (Oaxaca) Type locality: Llano de las Flores (12 mi N Ixtlán de Juárez), Sierra de Juárez, Distrito Ixtlán, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Reproduction	viviparous
Types	Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 60275, collected by M. J. Landy and J. D. Lynch, 21 June 1964.
Diagnosis
Comment	Group: S. formosus group (sensu lato, fide PÉREZ-RAMOS & SALDAÑA DE LA RIVA 2008)
References	Casas-Andreu, G., F.R. Méndez-De la Cruz and X. Aguilar-Miguel. 2004. Anfibios y Reptiles; pp. 375–390, in A.J.M. García-Mendoza, J. Ordoñez and M. Briones-Salas (ed.). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. Instituto de Biología, UNAM-Fondo Oaxaqueño para la Conservación de la Naturaleza-World Wildlife Fund, México, D. F. Köhler, G. & Heimes, P. 2002. Stachelleguane. Herpeton-Verlag (Offenbach), 174 pp. Leaché, A.D. 2009. Species trees for spiny lizards (Genus Sceloporus): Identifying points of concordance and conflict between nuclear and mitochondrial data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 162–171 [print 2010] - get paper here Leaché, A.D. & J.W.Sites, Jr. 2009. Chromosome Evolution and Diversification in North American Spiny Lizards (Genus Sceloporus). Cytogenet Genome Res 127: 166-181 - get paper here Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. 2015. The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62 - get paper here Pérez-Ramos, E. & Saldaña de La Riva, L. 2008. Morphological revision of lizards of the formosus group, genus Sceloporus (Squamata: Sauria) of southern Mexico, with description of a new species. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 44 (3): 77-98 - get paper here Smith, H.M. & Lynch,J.D. 1967. A new cryptic lizard (Iguanidae: Sceloporus) with comments on other reptiles from Oaxaca, Mexico. Herpetologica 23: 18-29 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.mexico-herps.com/sauria/sceloporus/sceloporus-sp-cerro-pelon Google images

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