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    Species Accepted

    Urosaurus nigricauda (Cope, 1864)

    Baja California Brush Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Urosaurus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Baja California Brush Lizard English
      Black-tailed Brush Lizard English
      Cachora de Árbol Cola Negra Spanish
      Finskællet Træleguan Danish
      Lagartija peninsular de árbol de cola negra Spanish
      Lagartija-arbolera cola negra Spanish
      Roñito de Matorral Cola-negra Spanish
      Small-scaled Lizard English
      Чернохвостый урозаурус Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Grismer, L. Lee. (1999). An evolutionary classification of reptiles on islands in the Gulf of California, México. Herpetologica 55 (4): 446-469.
      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.
      Rau, C. S., & Loomis, R. B. (1977). A new species of Urosaurus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae) from Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 11 (1): 25-29.
      Wong, Humberto; Grismer, L. Lee; Hollingsworth, Bradford D.; Cryder, Michael R. (1997). Geographic Distribution. Urosaurus nigricaudus. Herpetological Review 28 (1): 51.
      Feldman, Chris R.; Oscar Flores-Villela, Theodore J. Papenfuss. (2011). Phylogeny, biogeography, and display evolution in the tree and brush lizard genus Urosaurus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61 (3): 714-725.
      Kraus, F., & Fortson IV, B. W. (2024). Some Considerations Regarding Nomenclatural Applications of Noun-based Names in Herpetological Taxonomy. Herpetological Review 55 (1): 30–31.
      Álvarez, Jeff A. et al. (2020). Bifurcation in the tail of the Black-tailed Brush Lizard (Urosaurus nigricaudus) in northern Baja California, Mexico. Sonoran Herpetologist 33 (3): 81.
      Liner, Ernest A. (2007). A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60.
      Munguia-Vega, A., R. Rodriguez-Estrella, M.W. Nachman, W. Shaw, and M. Culver. (2009). Habitat loss and fragmentation in the Sonoran Desert and its impact on the genetic structure and extinction risk of the Baja California endemic Black-tailed Brush Lizard (Urosaurus nigricaudus). Sonoran Herpetologist 22 (6):62-65.

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