Sceloporus teapensis GÜNTHER, 1890

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Higher Taxa	Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Teapen Rosebelly Lizard S: Espinosa Teapense
Synonym	Sceloporus teapensis GÜNTHER 1890: 75 Sceloporus teapensis — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 130 Sceloporus teapensis — LINER 1994 Sceloporus variabilis teapensis — MENDOZA-QUIJANO et a. 1998 Sceloporus teapensis — KÖHLER 2000: 85 Sceloporus teapensis — BELL et al. 2003 Sceloporus variabilis teapensis — KOLLER 2005 Sceloporus teapensis — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015 Sceloporus teapensis — SOLIS-ZURITA et al. 2019 Sceloporus teapensis — HEIMES 2022
Distribution	Mexico (Atlantic slopes from S Veracruz and NE Oaxaca, eastward through Chiapas, Tabasco, and Campeche), through the Petén region of Guatemala to Belize, south to Cobán, Alta Verapaz. Type locality: Teapa, Tabasco. (after SMITH & TAYLOR 1950).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.9.92-98 (formerly 1883.11.13.25-31). According to N. Arnold (pers. com.) the collector was F. D. Godman.
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Headscales strongly rugose; anterior section of frontal rarely not longitudinally divided; subnasal usually absent (or fused with first canthal); preocular usually divided; median frontonasal rarely entire; prefrontals rarely in contact with each other; frontal rarely in contact with interparietal; dorsal scales, 36 to 47, average 43.2; scales on posterior surface of femur granular; a postfemoral dermal pocket present; scale rows across nape, 9 to 12, usually 10 or 11; scales across rump, 8 or 9. A dorsolateral light line on each side, 14 scale rows wide, originating at the posterior corner of the eye and terminating on the tail; 2 series of about 10 dark spots on the body between the dorsolateral light lines, the series separated medially by a dim median light line; limbs with distinct dark bands; a black spot in the axilla, extending on the shoulder, bordered anteriorly by a light line originating oil the arm; the side of the belly, in males, with a blue-bordered pink or lavender area, the two separated from each other by a median light line [Smith 1937: 6].
Comment
Etymology	This species is named for its type locality, Teapa, with the Latin suffix -ensis, meaning "of".
References	Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - 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 Campbell, J.A. 1998. Amphibians and reptiles of northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, xiii + 380 pp. - 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 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, Jerry D.; Vicente Mata-Silva, Elí García Padilla, and Larry David Wilson 2015. The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329. - get paper here Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp. Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp. Köhler, G. & Heimes, P. 2002. Stachelleguane. Herpeton-Verlag (Offenbach), 174 pp. Koller, Rene 2005. Herpetologoische waarnemingen in Belize, deel 2: reptielen. Lacerta 63 (1): 4-19 - get paper here Lee, J.C. 1996. The amphibians and reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 500 pp. 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 McCoy, Clarence J. 1966. Additions to the herpetofauna of southern El Petén, Guatemala. Herpetologica 22 (4): 306-308 - get paper here Mendoza-Quijano, Fernando; Flores-Villela, Oscar & Sites, Jack W. 1998. Genetic variation, Species status, and phylogenetic relationships in rose-bellied lizards (variabilis group) of the genus Sceloporus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Copeia 1998 (2): 354-366 - get paper here Neill, Wilfred T. and E. Ross Allen. 1959. Studies on the amphibians and reptiles of British Honduras. Publications of the Research Division Ross Allen's Reptiles Institute. 2 (1): 1-76 Rioja-Paradela, T., Carrillo-Reyes, A., Castañeda, G. & López, S. 2013. Diversidad herpetofaunística al norte de la laguna inferior, Istmo de Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana(n.s.) , 29(3): 574-595 - get paper here Sites, J.W. & Dixon, J.R. 1982. Geographic variation in Sceloporus variabilis, and its relationship to S. teapensis (Sauria: Iguanidae). Copeia 1982 (1): 14-27 - 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 Smith, H.M. 1937. A synopsis of the Variabilis group of the lizard genus Sceloporus, with descriptions of new subspecies. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich 358: 1-14 - get paper here Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here Smith, H.M., J. Weigel & D. Chizard 1995. An Apparent Northernmost Locality of Record for Sceloporus teapensis (Reptilia: Sauria), and its Sympatry with S. v. variabilis Bull. Maryland Herpetol. Soc., 31(4): 215-216. - get paper here Smith, Hobart M.;Flores-Villela, Oscar A. 1994. Noteworthy lizards of the genera Phrynosoma and Sceloporus in the Museo de Zoología "Alfonso Herrera". Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 30 (3): 114-119 - get paper here Solis‐Zurita, C, De Luna, E, González, D. 2019. Phylogenetic relationships in the Sceloporus variabilis (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) complex based on three molecular markers, continuous characters and geometric morphometric data. Zoologica Scripta 48: 419– 439 - get paper here Stuart, L. C. 1948. The amphibians and reptiles of Alta Verapaz Guatamala. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 69: 1-109 - get paper here Stuart, L. C. 1950. A geographic study of the herpetofauna of Alta Verapaz, Guatamala. Contributions from the Laboratory of Vertebrate Biology 45: 1-77 - get paper here Stuart, L.C. 1963. A checklist of the herpetofauna of Guatemala. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (No. 122): 1-150 - get paper here Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - get paper here Werler, J. E., & SMITH, H. M. 1952. Notes on a collection of reptiles and amphibians from Mexico, 1951-1952. Texas Journal of Science 14: 551-573. - get paper here
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