Uta

Uta stansburiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: 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 Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Iguania Parvordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Uta
Species (7): U. encantadae – U. lowei – U. nolascensis – U. palmeri – U. squamata – U. stansburiana – U. tumidarostra

Name

Uta Baird & Girard, 1852: 69

• Type species: Uta stansburiana Baird & Girard, 1852, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. First Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 68–70. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Upton, D.E. & Murphy, R.W. 1997. Phylogeny of the Side-Blotched Lizards (Phrynosomatidae:Uta) Based on mtDNA Sequences: Support for a Midpeninsular Seaway in Baja California. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 8(1): 104–113. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0392 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Uta . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 October 2019.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: eitenfleckleguane
English: Side-blotched Lizards

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