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    Species Accepted

    Sceloporus virgatus Smith, 1938

    Striped Plateau Lizard

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      4 results
      Lagartija Rayada de la Meseta Spanish
      Lagartija espinosa rayada Spanish
      Lagartija-escamosa rayada Spanish
      Striped Plateau Lizard English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Stebbins, R. C. (1985). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.
      Weiss, S.L., E.A. Kennedy, and J.A. Bernhard. (2009). Female-specific ornamentation predicts offspring quality in striped plateau lizards, Sceloporus virgatus. Behavioral Ecology 20:1063-1071.
      Smith, H. M. (1939). The Mexican and Central American lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 26: 1-397.
      Smith, G. R. (1997). Growth of Reproducing and Non-reproducing Female Lizards (Sceloporus virgatus). Journal of Herpetology 31 (4): 576-578.
      Phelan, J.P. & K.G. Niessen. (1989). Effect of Satiation on Activity Patterns in Sceloporus virgatus. Journal of Herpetology 23 (4): 424-426.
      McDiarmid, R.W., Copp, J.F., & Breedlove, D.E. (1976). Notes on the herpetofauna of western Mexico: new records from Sinaloa and the Tres Marias Islands. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles (275): 1-17.
      Vinegar, M. B. (1972). The function of breeding coloration in the lizard, Sceloporus virgatus. Copeia 1972 (4): 660-664.
      Weiss, S.L. and M. Dubin. (2018). Male mate choice as differential investment in contest competition is affected by female ornament expression. Current Zoology 64:335-344.
      Cooper, W.E., Jr. (2009). Variation in Escape Behavior among Individuals of the Striped Plateau Lizard Sceloporus virgatus May Reflect Differences in Boldness. Journal of Herpetology 43 (3): 495-502.
      Lemos-Espinal, J. A., & Smith, H. M. (2007). Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 613 Pp.

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