| Crevice swift | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. torquatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828 | |
Sceloporus torquatus, the crevice swift, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.
Naming
The subspecies Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni was named by Hobart Muir Smith and José Ticul Álvarez in honor of professor emeritus of English, Michael J. Preston.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Ponce-Campos, P. (2007). "Sceloporus torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64155A12749796.
- ↑ 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. ("Preston", p. 211).
- ↑ "Sceloporus torquatus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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