Sceloporus halli
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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. halli
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| Sceloporus halli Dasmann & H.M. Smith, 1974
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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.[2] The species is endemic to Mexico.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, halli, is in honor of biologist William Purington Hall III (born 1939).[3]
Geographic range
[edit]S. halli is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of S. halli is shrubland.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]S. halli is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Flores-Villela, O.; Campbell, J.A. (2007). "Sceloporus halli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64109A12744337.
- ^ a b c d e Sceloporus halli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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).
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