You are here » home › advanced search › Sceloporus lunae

Sceloporus lunae BOCOURT, 1873

IUCN Red List - Sceloporus lunae - Least Concern, LC
iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Sceloporus lunae?

Add your own observation of
Sceloporus lunae »

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Luna's Spiny Lizard 
SynonymSceloporus lunaei BOCOURT 1873: 184
Sceloporus lunaei — SMITH 1939: 63
Sceloporus acanthinus lunaei — STUART 1963: 70
Sceloporus lunaei — KÖHLER & HEIMES 2002
Sceloporus lunae — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus lunaei — PÉREZ-RAMOS & SALDAÑA DE LA RIVA 2008 
DistributionGuatemala

Type Locality: Plateau of Guatemala, 1500 meters elevation.  
Reproductionviviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 3144, MNHN-RA 3144A, MNHN-RA 3145, MNHN-RA 3145A, MNHN-RA 3146, MNHN-RA 3146A, MNHN-RA 3147 (7 specimens) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A moderately large Sceloporus, maximum snout-vent measurement 95 mm.; one canthal (the first entirely absent); supra-oculars moderate in size; sometimes one or two very small scales segmented off from outer parts of supraoculars; one complete and one or two incomplete series of scales between supraoculars and super-ciliaries; one or two posterior supraoculars frequently in contact with median head scales; frontal ridges distinct; dorsal scales 31 to 38; a black shoulder patch in males, none in females; females with two series of dark spots down back; males uniform greenish olive above (Smith 1939: 63).


Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 51 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution: Not mentioned by Lee (2000, Maya world), nor Campbell 1999 (Guatemala).

Group: S. formosus group (sensu lato, fide PÉREZ-RAMOS & SALDAÑA DE LA RIVA 2008) 
EtymologyThe Latin lunaei refers to a Dr. Luna who collected the type. The Latinized surname Luna becomes lunae in the genitive case, even though Luna was a man. There is no provision in the Code for an extra terminal -i (Art. 31 of the Code, ICZN, 1999). 
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
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bocourt,M.F. 1873. Notes sur quelques espèces nouvelles d'iguaniens du genre Sceloporus. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (ser. 5) 17 (10): 1-2 - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. & Heimes, P. 2002. Stachelleguane. Herpeton-Verlag (Offenbach), 174 pp.
  • 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
  • Stuart, L.C. 1963. A checklist of the herpetofauna of Guatemala. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (No. 122): 1-150 - get paper here
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:


Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator