Barisia planifrons

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Barisia
Species: Barisia planifrons

Name

• Barisia planifrons (Bocourt, 1878)

Holotype: MNHN.

Type locality: “Oaxaca”.

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus (Barisia) planifrons Bocourt, 1878: 361 [original combination]
• Barissia [sic] planifrons — Cope, 1887: 97 [subsequent combination]
• Barisia imbricata planifrons — Tihen, 1949: 246 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Barisia planifrons — Smith, Burg & Chiszar, 2002: 26 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Bocourt, M.-F. 1878. pp. 281–360 + pls 20,21. In Duméril, A.H.A., Bocourt, M.-F., Mocquard, F., Vaillant, L. & Milne-Edwards, H. (eds.). 1870–1909. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale. Recherches Zoologiques paus servir à l'histórie de la faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Troisième partie. Section 1. Études sur ler Reptiles. Livraison 5. Imprimiere Impériale: Paris. i–xiv + 1012 pp. + 99 plates. BHL
• Smith, H.M., Burg, T.M. & Chiszar, D. 2002. Evolutionary speciation in the alligator lizards of the genus Barisia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(1): 23–26. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tihen, J.A. 1949. A review of the lizard genus Barisia. The University of Kansas science bulletin 33(3): 217–254. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Barisia planifrons. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Oaxacan Alligator Lizard
español: Lagarto alicante oaxaqueño