Uta squamata DICKERSON, 1919

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Higher Taxa	Phrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Isla Santa Catalina Side-blotched Lizard S: Mancha lateral Santa Catalina
Synonym	Uta squamata DICKERSON 1919: 471 Uta squamata — SMITH & SMITH 1976 Uta squamata — LINER 1994 Uta squamata — LINER 2007 Uta squamata — HEIMES 2022
Distribution	Mexico (Baja California Sur: Santa Catalina Island) Type locality: Santa Catalina Island, Gulf of California
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 64259 (given as AMNH 5424, male)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small lizard not exceeding 135mm., with the general appearance of the members of the Uta stansburiana group, but distinguished at once by the uniformity and large size of the imbricated dorsal scales (everywhere distinctly separable from the lateral granules, about equal to the brachials, 10-11 from median line to lateral granules), coupled with still greater coarseness of the femorals and tibials, and of the caudals on thickest part of the tail. Dorsals 72-76 from the interparietal to the base of the tail, 63 ventrals from denticulated collar to anus; femoral pores 13-16, averaging 15. General coloration olivaceous, males with the typical adult Uta all-over pattern of fine dots; ventral surfaces everywhere blue, no postaxillary spot but wide ventrolateral bluish black band from axilla to groin (DICKERSON 1919: 471).
Comment
Etymology	Named after the “imbricated dorsal scales of unusually large size and the coarseness of femorals and tibials”, from Latin squama (= scale).
References	Cozer, J. S., Pereira-Ribeiro, J., Linause, T. M., Ferreguetti, A. C., de Godoy Bergallo, H., & da Rocha, C. F. D. 2020. Reptile diversity in the Duas Bocas Biological Reserve, Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 60: e20206040 - get paper here Dickerson, M. C. 1919. Diagnoses of twenty-three new species and a new genus of lizards from Lower California. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 41 (10): 461-477 - get paper here Dunham, Arthur E.; Donald W. Tinkle, J. Whitfield Gibbons 1978. Body Size in Island Lizards: A Cautionary Tale. Ecology 59 (6): 1230-1238 - get paper here Grossmann, W., Kowalski, T., Zwanzig, B. M., Zilger, H. J. and Gebhart, J. 2020. Herpetological observations in Oman: Al Mughsayl and Wadi Ashawq in Dhofar, Part 1. Amphibia: Anura; Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria. Sauria 42 (1): 1-20. Heimes, P. 2022. LIZARDS OF MEXICO - Part 1 Iguanian lizards. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt Am Main, 448 pp. - get paper here Jones, L.L. & Lovich, R.E. 2009. Lizards of the American Southwest. A photographic field guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ, 568 pp. [review in Reptilia 86: 84] - get paper here Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here Neves MO, Yves A, Pereira EA, Alves L, Vasques JB, Coelho JFT, Silva PS 2019. Herpetofauna in a highly endangered area: the Triângulo Mineiro region, in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Herpetozoa 32: 113-123 - get paper here Peralta-García A, Valdez-Villavicencio JH, Fucsko LA, Hollingsworth BD, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, Porras LW, and Wilson LD. 2023. The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1&2): 57–142
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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