Urosaurus ornatus

Urosaurus ornatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Phrynosomatidae
Subfamilia: Sceloporinae
Genus: Urosaurus
Species: Urosaurus ornatus

Name

Urosaurus ornatus (Baird & Girard, 1852)

• Syntypes (2): USNM 2750, collected by John H. Clark, date unknown.
• Type locality: “On the Rio San Pedro (Texas) and province of Sonora”.

Combinations

• Uta ornata Baird & Girard, 1852: 126 [original combination]
• Urosaurus ornatus — Mittleman, 1942: 133 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Second Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 125–129. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Urosaurus ornatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 October 2019.
• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Urosaurus ornatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64174A12750887. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64174A12750887.en

Vernacular names

• English: Tree Lizard