Urosaurus ornatus

Urosaurus ornatus

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: 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. & Hallermann, J. 2024. 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