Sceloporus torquatus

Sceloporus torquatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

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: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Phrynosomatidae
Subfamilia: Sceloporinae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species: Sceloporus torquatus

Name

Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828: 369 [conserved name]

• Lectotype: ZMB 629, adult ♂, collected by F. Deppe in 1825. [designated by Campillo-García et al. (2021: 791)]
• Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “México, Distrito Federal”, by Smith & Taylor (1950).
• Paralectotype: ZMB 631, adult ♂, same data as for the lectotype.
• Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 759 (1966: 290).

References

Primary references

• Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde (in German). Isis von Oken 21(4): 364–383. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1966. Opinion 759. Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Reptilia): Validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(5/6): 290–291. BHL Reference page. 
• Campillo-García, G., Flores-Villela, O., Butler, B.O., Velasco-Vinasco, J.A. & Ramírez-Corona, F. 2021. Hidden diversity within a polytypic species: The enigmatic Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Reptilia, Squamata, Phrynosomatidae). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 781–798. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e71995 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sceloporus torquatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2018.
• Canseco-Márquez, L., Mendoza-Quijano, F. & Ponce-Campos, P. 2007. IUCN: Sceloporus torquatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64155A12749796. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64155A12749796.en. Accessed on 23 September 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Torquate Lizard
español: Lagartija espinosa de collar

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