Sceloporus halli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. halli
Binomial name
Sceloporus halli
Synonyms[2]
  • Sceloporus megalepidurus halli
    Dasmann & H.M. Smith, 1974

Sceloporus halli, also known commonly as Hall's spiny lizard and la espinosa de Hall in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[2] The species is endemic to Mexico.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, halli, is in honor of biologist William Purington Hall III (born 1939).[3]

Geographic range

S. halli is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. halli is shrubland.[1]

Reproduction

S. halli is ovoviviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flores-Villela, O.; Campbell, J.A. (2007). "Sceloporus halli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64109A12744337.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Sceloporus halli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.
  3. ↑ 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 megalepidurus halli, p. 114).

Further reading

  • Dasmann MM, Smith HM (1974). "A new sceloporine lizard from Oaxaca, Mexico". Great Basin Naturalist 34 (3): 231–237. (Sceloporus megalepidurus halli, new subspecies).
  • Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Wiens JJ, Reeder TW (1997). "Phylogeny of the spiny lizards (Sceloporus) based on molecular and morphological evidence". Herpetological Monographs 11: 1–101. (Sceloporus halli, new taxonomic status, elevated to species).



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