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Sceloporus albiventris SMITH, 1939

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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: White-bellied Rough Lizard 
SynonymSceloporus horridus albiventris SMITH 1939: 108
Sceloporus horridus albiventris — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 116
Sceloporus horridus albiventris — HARDY 1969: 134
Sceloporus horridus albiventris — WEBB 1984
Sceloporus horridus albiventris — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus albiventris — LEMOS-ESPINAL & SMITH 2007
Sceloporus albiventris — COBARRUBIAS et al. 2012
Sceloporus albiventris — WIENS ET AL. 2013
Sceloporus alvibentris — VALDEZ-LARES et al. 2013 (in error)
Sceloporus albiventris — CORTÉS-VÁZQUEZ et al. 2022
Sceloporus albiventris — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico (coastal regions from N Jalisco to Nayarit to Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Sonora, Durango).

Type locality: Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 100057 (was EHT-HMS No. 8519) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Smith 1939: 108 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin nouns albus, "white," and venter, "belly," referring to the immaculate venter in both sexes. 
References
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  • Auth, David L.;Smith, Hobart M.;Chiszar, David 1997. Geographic Distribution. Sceloporus horridus oligoporus. Herpetological Review 28 (3): 158 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Capul, F. 2012. Medizin-Echsen. Terraria-Elaphe 2012 (4): 44-45 - get paper here
  • Cobarrubias, Edgar Flores; Daniel Cruz-Sáenz, and David Lazcano 2012. Notes on the Herpetofauna of Western Mexico 6: Amphibians and Reptiles of Hostotipaquillo, Jalisco, Mexico. Bull. Chicago Herp. Soc. 47 (2):21-26 - get paper here
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  • Cortés-Vázquez, S., Núñez-Carrillo, L. C., Cruz-Sáenz, D., Carrasco-Ortiz, M. A., Rodríguez-López, A., Lazcano, D., ... & Wilson, L. D. 2022. Notes on the Herpetofauna of Western Mexico 29: Herpetofauna of Natural Protected Area “El Diente,” Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society, 57(10), 177-185 - get paper here
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