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Sceloporus siniferus COPE, 1870

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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Longtail Spiny Lizard
S: Espinosa de Cola Larga 
SynonymSceloporus siniferus COPE 1870: 159
Sceloporus humeralis BOCOURT 1873 (fide SMITH 1939)
Sceloporus siniferus — BOULENGER 1885: 237
Sceloporus siniferus — SMITH 1939: 313
Sceloporus siniferus siniferus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 134
Sceloporus siniferus siniferus — ETHERIDGE 1964
Sceloporus siniferus siniferus — SMITH 1994: 116
Sceloporus siniferus — LINER 1994
Sceloporus siniferus — KÖHLER 2000: 85
Sceloporus siniferus — WIENS et a. 2010
Sceloporus siniferus — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico, Pacific slopes from W Guerrero to W Guatemala, and inland to Morelos. Oaxaca, Chiapas.

humeralis: Type Locality: "Oaxaca," restricted to the city of Tehuantepec by Smith and Taylor (1950a).

Type locality: Pacific side of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Restricted to Tehuantepec (city), Oaxaca, by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 30453-30471, INHS (= UIMNH)
Holotype: MNHN-RA 2527, collected by M. Sallé [humeralis] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Smith 1939: 313


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CommentSceloporus siniferus cupreus BOCOURT 1873 has been elevated to species status by WIENS & REEDER (1997). 
EtymologyThe Latin sinus, a pocket or recess, and the Latin fero, to carry, refer to "a deep cervical pocket extending more than halfway to the tympanum, and with some subdividing folds" (Cope, 1869). 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1897. A revision of the lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1897: 474-522 - get paper here
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