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Sceloporus lundelli

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Sceloporus lundelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. lundelli
Binomial name
Sceloporus lundelli

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

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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

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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

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Adults of S. lundelli may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.5–10 cm (3.3–3.9 in).[2]

Behavior

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S. lundelli is diurnal and arboreal.[1]

Reproduction

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The mode of reproduction of S. lundelli is uncertain: it has been reported to be oviparous,[2] but may be viviparous.[1]

Subspecies

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Lee, J.; Calderón Mandujano, R. (2013). "Sceloporus lundelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T64120A3133364.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Sceloporus lundelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.
  3. ^ 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

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  • 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).