Sceloporus cupreus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. cupreus
Binomial name
Sceloporus cupreus
Bocourt, 1873
Synonyms[1]
  • Sceloporus cupreus
    Bocourt, 1873
  • Sceloporus cochranae
    H.M. Smith, 1936
  • Sceloporus siniferus cupreus
    — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950
  • Sceloporus cupreus
    — Wiens & Reeder, 1997

Sceloporus cupreus, also known commonly as the upland long-tailed spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[1] The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, cupreus, meaning "coppery" in Latin, refers to the dorsal color of some males of this species.[1] The junior synonym, S. cochranae, was named in honor of American herpetologist Doris Mable Cochran.[2]

Geographic range

S. cupreus is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sceloporus cupreus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sceloporus cochranae, p. 56).

Further reading

  • Bocourt MF (1873). "Deux notes sur quelques sauriens de l'Amérique tropicale ". Annales des sciences naturelles, Cinquième serie [= Fifth Series ] 19 (4): 1–5. (Sceloporus cupreus, new species, p. 3). (in French).
  • Smith HM (1936). "Descriptions of New Species of Lizards of the Genus Sceloporus from Mexico". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 49: 87–96. (Sceloporus cochranae, new species, pp. 87–89).
  • Smith HM, Taylor EH (1950). "An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Reptiles of Mexico Exclusive of the Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (199): 1–253. (Sceloporus siniferus cupreus, new combination, p. 134).



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