Sceloporus omiltemanus GÜNTHER, 1890

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Higher Taxa	Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Southern Cleft Spiny Lizard, Southern Cleft Lizard S: Espinosa Mucronada Meridional
Synonym	Sceloporus mucronatus omiltemanus GÜNTHER 1890 Sceloporus mucronatus omiltemanus — SMITH 1939: 220 Sceloporus mucronatus omiltemanus — BELL et al. 2003 Sceloporus omiltemanus — MARTINEZ-MENDEZ & MENDEZ-DE LA CRUZ 2007 Sceloporus mucronatus omiltemanus — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 Sceloporus omiltemanus — JOHNSON et al. 2017 Sceloporus omiltemanus — HEIMES 2022
Distribution	Mexico (Oaxaca: Central highlands, Guerrero: Sierra Madre del Sur). Type locality: Omilteme, Guerrero, 8,000 feet elevation.
Reproduction	viviparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.30.13-17 (formerly 1889.11.13.49-53), collected by H. H. Smith
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Smith 1939: 220.
Comment	Group: S. formosus group (sensu lato, fide PÉREZ-RAMOS & SALDAÑA DE LA RIVA 2008)
Etymology	This subspecies is named after the type locality.
References	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 Fitch, H. S. 1978. Sexual size differences in the genus Sceloporus. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 51 (13): 441-461 - get paper here Goldberg, Stephen R., Charles R. Bursey and Jeanette Arreola. 2014. Sceloporus omiltemanus (southern cleft lizard) endoparasites. Herpetological Review 45 (3): 506-507 - get paper here Günther, A. C. L. G. 1885. Reptilia and Batrachia. Biologia Centrali-Américana. Taylor, & Francis, London, 326 pp. [published in parts from 1885-1902; reprint by the SSAR 1987] - get paper here Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. - get paper here Johnson, J. D., L. D. Wilson, V. Mata-Silva, E. García-Padilla, and D. L. DeSantis. 2017. The endemic herpetofauna of Mexico: organisms of global significance in severe peril. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (3): 544–620 - get paper here Lemos-Espinal, J. A., & Smith, G. R. 2025. The diversity and conservation status of amphibians and reptiles from the Mexican biogeographic province of Sierra Madre del Sur. Nature Conservation, 58: 101-127 - get paper here Martínez-Méndez, N. & Méndez-De la Cruz, F.R. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of the Sceloporus torquatus species-group (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Zootaxa 1609: 53-68 - 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 Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo 2020. UNA LISTA COMENTADA DE LAS ESPECIES DE ANFIBIOS Y REPTILES CON LOCALIDAD TIPO EN GUERRERO, MÉXICO. Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 3 (2): 43-60 Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo & OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24 - 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. 1939. The Mexican and Central American lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 26: 1-397. - get paper here
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