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Xantusia jaycolei

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Xantusia jaycolei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Xantusiidae
Genus: Xantusia
Species:
X. jaycolei
Binomial name
Xantusia jaycolei
Bezy, Bezy & Bolles, 2008

Xantusia jaycolei is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is native to Mexico specifically inhabiting the rugged and biodiverse regions of the country.

Etymology

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The specific name, jaycolei, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles J. "Jay" Cole.[1]

Geographic range

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X. jaycolei is endemic to the Mexican state of Sonora.[2]

Reproduction

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X. jaycolei is viviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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. (Xantusia jaycolei, p. 56).
  2. ^ a b Xantusia jaycolei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.

Further reading

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  • Bezy RL, Bezy KB, Bolles K (2008). "Two New Species of Night Lizards (Xantusia) from Mexico". Journal of Herpetology 42 (4): 680–688. (Xantusia jaycolei, new species).
  • Bezy RL, Rosen PC, Van Devender TR, Enderson EF (2017). "Southern distributional limits of the Sonoran Desert herpeofauna along the mainland coast of northwestern Mexico". Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (1): 137–167. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Rorabaugh JC (2019). "A conservation checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Sonora, Mexico, with updated species lists". ZooKeys 829: 131–160.