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Sceloporus taeniocnemis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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
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. The species is native to Guatemala and adjacent southeastern Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.

Geographic range

S. taeniocnemis is found in central Guatemala and in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Habitat

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

Reproduction

S. taeniocnemis is viviparous.

Subspecies

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

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

Etymology

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

References

1. ^ Campbell, J.A.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2013). "Sceloporus taeniocnemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T64138A12748434.
2. ^ 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 University 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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