Sceloporus torquatus
Appearance
Crevice swift | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
Genus: | Sceloporus |
Species: | S. torquatus
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Binomial name | |
Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828
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Sceloporus torquatus, the crevice swift, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.
Naming
[edit]The subspecies Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni was named by Hobart Muir Smith and José Ticul Álvarez in honor of professor emeritus of English, Michael J. Preston.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Ponce-Campos, P. (2007). "Sceloporus torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64155A12749796.
- ^ 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. ("Preston", p. 211).
- ^ "Sceloporus torquatus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2022-03-16.