Sceloporus angustus
Appearance
Santa Cruz Island sator | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
Genus: | Sceloporus |
Species: | S. angustus
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Binomial name | |
Sceloporus angustus | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Sceloporus angustus, the Isla Santa Cruz sator, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard[3][4] found on Isla Santa Cruz and Isla San Diego in the Gulf of California, Baja California Sur, Mexico,[5] where it exploits a great variety of temperate habitats, such as rocky areas, caves along beaches, areas of beach cobblestones, and sandy substrates. It is also seen on the branches of small bushes and the limbs of cardones (cacti).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Biolib.cz Czech Rep.
- ^ "Sceloporus angustus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Zipcodezoo.com
- ^ Uniprot.org
- ^ The Reptile Database.org
- ^ Zipcodezoo.com
Further reading
[edit]- Dickerson MC (1919). "Diagnoses of twenty-three new species and a new genus of lizards from Lower California". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 41 (10): 461–477. (Sator angustus, new species, p. 469).