Sceloporus cyanogenys COPE, 1885
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Higher Taxa | Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae; Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | S: Lagartija de Barba Azul E: Bluechinned Roughscaled Lizard, Blue Spiny Lizard E: West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard [plioporus] S: Escamosa de Pocos Poros [plioporus] |
Synonym | Sceloporus torquatus cyanogenys COPE 1885: 402 Sceloporus cyanogenys — SMITH 1938: 599 Sceloporus torquatus mucronatus — BOULENGER 1885: 220 (part.) Sceloporus torquatus poinsetti — BURT 1932: 158 (part.) Sceloporus serrifer plioporus SMITH 1939: 212 Sceloporus serrifer plioporus — STUART 1948 Sceloporus cyanogenys — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 125 Sceloporus serrifer cariniceps MARTIN 1952 Sceloporus serrifer cariniceps — TAYLOR 1953 Sceloporus cyanogenys — GLAZENBURG 1979 Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys — OLSON 1987 Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 105 Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys — BARTLETT & BARTLETT 1999: 230 Sceloporus cyanogenys — WIENS & REEDER 1997 Sceloporus cyanogenys — CROTHER 2000: 51 Sceloporus cyanogenys — BONETTI 2002: 131 Sceloporus serrifer plioporus — BELL et al. 2003 Sceloporus cyanogenys — BELL et al. 2003 Sceloporus serrifer plioporus — BELL et al. 2003 Sceloporus cyanogenys — ZORN 2004 Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys — DOST 2005 Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009 Sceloporus serrifer plioporus — WIENS et al. 2010 Sceloporus serrifer cyanogenys — WERNING 2018 |
Distribution | USA, Mexico (S Texas from Devils River and Starr County to C Tamaulipas and Nuevo León, Coahuila) Type locality: Monterrey, Nuevo León. cariniceps: Tamaulipas; Type locality: 8.1 km NE Gómez Farías, Rancho Pano Ayuctle along Río Sabinas. plioporus: Gulf coast of Mexico from S Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, southward to Petén, Guatemala. Type locality: Four miles east of Encero, Veracruz. |
Reproduction | viviparous. |
Types | Syntypes: ANSP 11304-11305 (also given as USNM 31373-31377 but not in USNM catalog), collected by E. D. Cope Holotype: UMMZ 101537 [cariniceps] |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Synonymy: MARTINEZ-MENDEZ & MENDEZ DE LA CRUZ 2007 synonymized Sceloporus serrifer plioporus with Sceloporus cyanogenys (although Wiens et al. 2013 say they did not). The original morphological difference between putative populations of S. s. plioporus and S. cyanogenys, was the divided supraoculars scales in the latter (Smith 1939). However, on closer inspection, these differences are not supported (Olson, 1987) because the percentage of individuals with divided supraoculars scales increases northwardly. Distribution: endemic to Mexico fide Johnson et al. 2017, but reported from Texas by Dixon 2000 (map 66A). Not in Yucatan state (Mexico) according to GONZÁLEZ-SÁNCHEZ et al. 2017. Distribution: Not listed for San Luis Potosí by Lemos-Espinal et al. 2018 (checklist SLP). Hybridization: C. serrifer and S. (s.) cyanogenys intergrade (OLSON 1987). |
Etymology | Etymology (cyanogenys): The Latin noun cyaneus "deep blue" and the Greek noun genys "jaw or chin" refer to the blue throat of males. Etymology (plioporus): The Greek adjective plio, "more," and noun porus, "pore," refer to the larger number of femoral pores in this subspecies than in S. s. serrifer. |
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