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Sceloporus gadoviae

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Species of lizard

Sceloporus gadoviae
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species: S. gadoviae
Binomial name
Sceloporus gadoviae
Boulenger, 1905
Synonyms
  • Sceloporus gadoviae
    Boulenger, 1905
  • Lysoptychus gadoviae
    — Larsen & W. Tanner, 1975
  • Sceloporus gadoviae
    — Liner, 1994

Sceloporus gadoviae, also known commonly as Gadow's spiny lizard and la espinosa de Gadow in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, gadoviae, is in honor of Clara Maud Gadow (née Paget), who was the wife of German-British ornithologist Hans Friedrich Gadow.

Geographic range

S. gadoviae is found in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, and Puebla.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. gadoviae is rocky areas in forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 1,000–1,800 m (3,300–5,900 ft).

Description

S. gadoviae is moderate-sized for its genus. Maximum snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 6.8 cm (2.7 in). Dorsally, it is olive-brown.

Reproduction

S. gadoviae is oviparous. Clutch size as about four eggs. Each egg measures about 14 mm × 7.5 mm (0.55 in × 0.30 in).

References

  1. ^ Canseco-Márquez, L.; Campbell, J.A.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Muñoz-Alonso, A.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Sceloporus gadoviae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64104A12743550.
  2. ^ Sceloporus gadoviae 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 gadoviae, p. 96).
  4. ^ Smith HM (1939). "The Mexican and Central American Lizards of the Genus Sceloporus ". Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 26: 1–397. (Sceloporus gadoviae, pp. 373–377).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1905). "Descriptions of new Reptiles discovered in Mexico by Dr. H. Gadow, F.R.S." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905 (2): 245–247 + Plates VI–VII. (Sceloporus gadoviae, new species, pp. 246–247 + Plate VII, figure 1, four views).
  • Larsen KR, Tanner WW (1975). "Evolution of the sceloporine lizards (Iguanidae)". Great Basin Naturalist 35 (1): 1–20. (Lysoptychus gadoviae, new combination).
  • Liner EA (1994). Scientific and Common Names for the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish: Nombres Científicos y Comunes en Ingles y Español de los Anfibios y los Reptiles de México. Herpetological Circular No. 23. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). iii + 113 pp. (Sceloporus gadoviae) (in English and Spanish).


Taxon identifiers
Sceloporus gadoviae


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