Sceloporus lunae BOCOURT, 1873

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Higher Taxa	Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae; Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Luna's Spiny Lizard
Synonym	Sceloporus lunaei BOCOURT 1873: 184 Sceloporus lunaei — SMITH 1939 Sceloporus lunae — BELL et al. 2003
Distribution	Guatemala Type Locality: Plateau of Guatemala, 1500 meters elevation.
Reproduction	viviparous
Types	Syntypes: MNHN-RA 3144, MNHN-RA 3144A, MNHN-RA 3145, MNHN-RA 3145A, MNHN-RA 3146, MNHN-RA 3146A, MNHN-RA 3147 (7 specimens)
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	The 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 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
External links	IUCN Red List - Sceloporus lunae - Least Concern, LC Google images

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