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    Species Accepted

    Sceloporus zosteromus Cope, 1863

    Baja California Spiny Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Sceloporus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      16 results
      Baja California Spiny Lizard English
      Baja Spiny Lizard English
      Bejori de Espalda Roja [rufidorsum] Spanish
      Bejori de San Lucas [zosteromus] Spanish
      Bejori del Centro Peninsular [monserratensis] Spanish
      Central Baja Spiny Lizard English
      Lagartija Espinosa de Baja California Spanish
      Lagartija espinosa del desierto mexicano Spanish
      Lagartija espinosa peninsular Spanish
      Lagartija-escamosa de San Lucas Spanish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      32 results
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      Van Denburgh, & John. (1922). The Reptiles of Western North America. Volume I. Lizards. Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. (10): 1–612.
      Smith, H. M. (1939). The Mexican and Central American lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser. 26: 1-397.
      Linsdale, J. M. (1932). Amphibians and reptiles from lower California. Univ. California Publ. Zool. 38 (6): 345-386.
      Leviton, Alan E.; Banta, Benjamin H. (1964). Midwinter reconnaissance of the herpetofauna of the Cape Region of Baja California, Mexico. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 30 (7): 127-156.
      Valdez-Villavicencio, J. H., & Anny Peralta-García. (2020). FIRST RECORD OF NECROPHILIA IN THE BAJA CALIFORNIA SPINY LIZARD, Sceloporus zosteromus (Phrynosomatidae). Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 3 (1): 116-117.
      Mocquard, F. (1899). Contribution a la faune herpétologique de la Basse-Californie. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Natur.Paris, 4th Series, Vol. 1: 297-343 + Plates XI-XIII.
      http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?genus=Sceloporus&species=zosteromus&subspecies=zosteromus&submit=Search
      Leaché, A.D. & J.W.Sites, Jr. (2009). Chromosome Evolution and Diversification in North American Spiny Lizards (Genus Sceloporus). Cytogenet Genome Res 127: 166-181.
      Leaché, A. D. (2009). Species trees for spiny lizards (Genus Sceloporus): Identifying points of concordance and conflict between nuclear and mitochondrial data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 162–171 [Print 2010].

      Citation

      Sceloporus zosteromus Cope, 1863 in undefined