Sceloporus zosteromus COPE, 1863
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Higher Taxa | Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae; Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Sceloporus zosteromus zosteromus COPE 1863 Sceloporus zosteromus monserratensis VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921 Sceloporus zosteromus rufidorsum YARROW 1882 |
Common Names | E: Central Baja Spiny Lizard, Monserrat Island Spiny Lizard S: Bejori del Centro Peninsular [monserratensis] E: Red-backed Spiny Lizard, Mexican Desert Spiny Lizard [rufidorsum] S: Bejori de Espalda Roja [rufidorsum] E: Baja Spiny Lizard, San Lucan Spiny Lizard [zosteromus] S: Bejori de San Lucas [zosteromus] |
Synonym | Sceloporus zosteromus COPE 1863: 105 Sceloporus zosteromus — BOULENGER 1885: 225 Sceloporus zosteromus —VAN DENBURGH 1895 Sceloporus magister zosteromus — LINSDALE 1932 Sceloporus magister zosteromus — SMITH 1939: 170 Sceloporus magister zosteromus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 115 Sceloporus magister zosteromus — LEVITON & BANTA 1964 Sceloporus zosteromus — LINER 1994 Sceloporus zosteromus zosteromus — BELL et al. 2003 Sceloporus zosteromus zosteromus — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 Sceloporus zosteromus monserratensis VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921 Sceloporus monserratensis VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921: 396 Sceloporus magister monserratensis — SMITH 1939: 165 Sceloporus magister monserratensis — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 115 Sceloporus magister monserratensis — STEBBINS 1985: 128 Sceloporus zosteromus — GRISMER & MCGUIRE 1996 Sceloporus monserratensis — LINER 1994 Sceloporus zosteromus monserratensis — BELL et al. 2003 Sceloporus zosteromus monserratensis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 Sceloporus zosteromus rufidorsum YARROW 1882 Sceloporus rufidorsum YARROW 1882 Sceloporus magister rufidorsum — LINSDALE 1932 Sceloporus magister rufidorsum — SMITH 1939: 161 Sceloporus magister rufidorsum — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 442 Sceloporus magister rufidorsum — ZWEIFEL 1958 Sceloporus magister rufidorsum — STEBBINS 1985: 128 Sceloporus magister zosteromus — STEBBINS 1985: 128 Sceloporus zosteromus — GRISMER & MCGUIRE 1996 Sceloporus rufidorsum — LINER 1994 Sceloporus zosteromus rufidorsum — BELL et al. 2003 Sceloporus zosteromus rufidorsum — LEACHÉ & MULCAHY 2007 Sceloporus zosteromus rufidorsum — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 |
Distribution | Mexico (Cape region of Lower California = Baja California) monserratensis: Mexico (Baja California, southern edge of the Vizcaino Desert, southward to the southern end of the Sierra de la Gigante; islands adjacent to the coast except Santa Catalina); Type Locality: Monserrate Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. rufidorsum: Mexico (N Baja California, Cedros Island, Coronados Island); Type Locality: San Quintín Bay, Baja California, Mexico. Type locality: Cape San Lucas, Baja California |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: USNM 5298; 69472-69488, INHS (= UIMNH) Type: CAS 50509, collected 24 May 1921 by J. R. Slevin [monserratensis] Holotype: USNM 11981, collected in 1882 by L. Belding, macerated, only bones left (Cochran, 1961) [rufidorsum] |
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Comment | Belongs to the S. magister complex. Grismer and McGuire (1996) concluded that an interbreeding continuity of populations, often referred to as S.monserratensis, S. rufidorsum, and S. zosteromus, extends throughout most of Baja California; hence they are conspecific (as was thought by Smith, 1939). Grismer (2002) regarded the three populations as pattern classes rather than subspecies. |
Etymology | Etymology (monserratensis): This taxon is named for its island type locality. Etymology (rufidorsum): The Latin nouns rufus, "red, reddish," and dorsum, "back" refer to the rusty-red dorsal stripe. Etymology (zosteromus): The Greek zoster, "belt or girdle," and the Latin suffix –ome, "pertaining to the nature of," refer to the black inguinal blotches anterior to the thighs, connecting with black areas on the venter. |
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