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Sceloporus halli

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Species of lizard

Sceloporus halli
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (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. halli
Binomial name
Sceloporus halli
Dasmann & H.M. Smith, 1974
Synonyms
  • 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. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

S. halli is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. halli is shrubland.

Reproduction

S. halli is ovoviviparous.

References

  1. ^ Flores-Villela, O.; Campbell, J.A. (2007). "Sceloporus halli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64109A12744337.
  2. ^ 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).


Taxon identifiers
Sceloporus halli


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