Barisia jonesi

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Barisia jonesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Barisia
Species:
B. jonesi
Binomial name
Barisia jonesi
Synonyms[1]
  • Barisia imbricata jonesi
    Guillette & H.M. Smith, 1982
  • Barisia jonesi
    — H.M. Smith, Burg & Chiszar, 2002

Barisia jonesi, also known commonly as the imbricate alligator lizard, Jones' imbricate alligator lizard, and el escorpión de Jones in Mexican Spanish, is a species of medium-sized lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, jonesi, is in honor of American biologist Richard Evan Jones.[2]

Geographic range[edit]

B. jonesi is found in the Mexican state of Michoacán.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Species Barisia jonesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
  2. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Barisia jonesi, p. 136).

Further reading[edit]

  • Guillette LJ Jr, Smith HM (1982). "A Review of the Mexican Lizard Barisia imbricata, and the Description of a New Subspecies". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 85 (1): 13–33. (Barisia imbricata jonesi, new subspecies).
  • Smith HM, Burg TM, Chiszar D (2002). "Evolutionary Speciation in the Alligator Lizards of the Genus Barisia". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38 (1): 23-26. (Barisia ciliaris, new taxonomic status).