Sceloporus lundelli
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. lundelli
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| Sceloporus lundelli H.M. Smith, 1939
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Sceloporus lundelli, also known commonly as Lundell's spiny lizard and la espinosa de Lundell in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[2] The species is native to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.[1][2] There are two recognized subspecies.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]S. lundelli is found in the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Yucatán, in the Belizean district of Cayo, and in the Guatemalan department of El Petén.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of S. lundelli is forest at altitudes from sea level to 300 m (980 ft), but it has also been found in urban areas.[1]
Description
[edit]Adults of S. lundelli may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.5–10 cm (3.3–3.9 in).[2]
Behavior
[edit]S. lundelli is diurnal and arboreal.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]The mode of reproduction of S. lundelli is uncertain: it has been reported to be oviparous,[2] but may be viviparous.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Sceloporus lundelli gaigeae H.M. Smith, 1939
- Sceloporus lundelli lundelli H.M. Smith, 1939
Etymologies
[edit]The specific name, lundelli, is in honor of American botanist Cyrus Longworth Lundell.[3]
The subspecific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Lee, J.; Calderón Mandujano, R. (2013). "Sceloporus lundelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T64120A3133364.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sceloporus lundelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.
- ^ a b 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 lundelli gaigeae, p. 96; S. l. lundelli, p. 163).
Further reading
[edit]- Campbell JA (1998). Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. xiii + 380 pp. ISBN 978-0806130644.
- González-Sánchez, Víctor Hugo; Johnson, Jerry D.; García-Padilla, Elí; Mata-Silva, Vicente; DeSantis, Dominic L.; Wilson, Larry David (2017). "The Herpetofauna of the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula: composition, distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (2): 264–380.
- Köhler G (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas. Band 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 158 pp. ISBN 3-9806214-0-5. (Sceloporus lundelli, p. 85). (in German).
- Smith HM (1939). "The Mexican and Central American Lizards of the Genus Sceloporus ". Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 26: 1–397 + Plates 1-31. (Sceloporus lundelli lundelli, new species and subspecies, pp. 66–71 + Plate 4; Sceloporus lundelli gaigeae, new subspecies, pp. 71–74 + Plate 5).
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