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    Species Accepted

    Sceloporus formosus Wiegmann, 1834

    Emerald 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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      Chintete Verde Spanish
      Emerald Spiny Lizard English
      Lagartija espinosa esmeralda norteña Spanish
      Lagartija-escamosa esmeralda-norteña Spanish
      Mexican Emerald Spiny Lizard English
      Mexiko-Stachelleguan German
      Südmexikanischer Stachelleguan German

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      42 results
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      Smith, H. M., & Larsen, K. R. (1975). A new species of the formosus group of the lizard genus Sceloporus. Copeia 1975 (1): 47-50.
      Calzada-Arciniega, Rafael Alejandro; Ernesto Recuero, Mirna Grisel Garcia-Castillo, Gabriela Parra-Olea. (2017). New records and an updated list of Herpetofauna from Cerro Piedra Larga, an isolated mountain massif in Oaxaca, Mexico. Herpetology Notes 10: 651-658.
      Werler, J. E., & SMITH, H. M. (1952). Notes on a collection of reptiles and amphibians from Mexico, 1951-1952. Texas Journal of Science 14: 551-573.
      Vega-Trejo, Regina; Irma Trejo, Oscar A. Flores-Villela, and Víctor H. Reynoso. (2013). Amphibian and Reptile Community Structure in Pristine Coniferous Forests: Baseline Data for Conservation Studies. Herp. Cons. Biol. 8 (3).
      Duméril, A. M.C., G. BIBRON & A. DUMÉRIL. (1854). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 9. Paris, XX + 440 S.
      Mata-Silva, V; Rocha, A; Mata-González, S; Ramírez-Bautista, A; Berriozabal-Islas, C; García-Padilla, E; Johnson, J D & Wilson, L D; (2019). First municipality records and additional information on the herpetofauna of Oaxaco, Mexico. Herpetological Review 50 (3): 533-536.
      Roberts, A., & Minton, S. A. (1968). Zur Fortpflanzung von Sceloporus formosus (Reptilia, lguanidae). Salamandra 4 (1): 1-3.
      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

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