Sceloporus taeniocnemis
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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. taeniocnemis
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| Sceloporus taeniocnemis Cope, 1885
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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.[2] The species is native to Guatemala and adjacent southeastern Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.[2]
Geographic range[edit]
S. taeniocnemis is found in central Guatemala and in the Mexican state of Chiapas.[1][2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitat of S. taeniocnemis is forest, at altitudes of 1,200–2,500 m (3,900–8,200 ft).[1]
Reproduction[edit]
S. taeniocnemis is viviparous.[2]
Subspecies[edit]
The following two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
Etymology[edit]
The subspecific name, hartwegi, is in honor of American herpetologist Norman Edouard Hartweg.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Campbell, J.A.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2013). "Sceloporus taeniocnemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T64138A12748434.
- ^ a b c d e f Sceloporus taeniocnemis 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 taeniocnemis hartwegi, p. 117).
Further reading[edit]
- 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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