Sceloporus taeniocnemis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. taeniocnemis
Binomial name
Sceloporus taeniocnemis
Cope, 1885
Synonyms[2]
  • Sceloporus taeniocnemis
    Cope, 1885
  • Sceloporus malachiticus taeniocnemis
    — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950
  • Sceloporus taeniocnemis
    — Liner, 1994

Sceloporus taeniocnemis, also known commonly as the Guatemalan emerald spiny lizard and la chachapaja in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[2] The species is native to Guatemala and adjacent southeastern Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.[2]

Geographic range

S. taeniocnemis is found in central Guatemala and in the Mexican state of Chiapas.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. taeniocnemis is forest, at altitudes of 1,200–2,500 m (3,900–8,200 ft).[1]

Reproduction

S. taeniocnemis is viviparous.[2]

Subspecies

The following two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

  • Sceloporus taeniocnemis taeniocnemis Cope, 1885
  • Sceloporus taeniocnemis hartwegi Stuart, 1971

Etymology

The subspecific name, hartwegi, is in honor of American herpetologist Norman Edouard Hartweg.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Campbell, J.A.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2013). "Sceloporus taeniocnemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T64138A12748434.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sceloporus taeniocnemis 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 Univerity Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sceloporus taeniocnemis hartwegi, p. 117).

Further reading

  • Cope ED (1885). "A contribution to the Herpetology of Mexico". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22: 379–404. (Sceloporus tæniocnemis, new species, pp. 399).
  • Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, García Padilla E, Wilson LD (2015). "The herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329. (Sceloporus taeniocnemis, pp. 285, 293, 302, 320).
  • Stuart LC (1971). "Comments on the Malachite Sceloporus (Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae) of Southern Mexico and Guatemala". Herpetologica 27 (3): 235–239. (Sceloporus taeniocnemis hartwegi, new subspecies).



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