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Sceloporus torquatus

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Crevice swift
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. torquatus
Binomial name
Sceloporus torquatus
Wiegmann, 1828

Sceloporus torquatus, the crevice swift, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.

Naming

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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

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  1. ^ Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Ponce-Campos, P. (2007). "Sceloporus torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64155A12749796.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ "Sceloporus torquatus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2022-03-16.