Mohawk Dunes fringe-toed lizard

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Mohawk Dunes fringe-toed lizard
Mohawk Dunes Fringe-toed Lizard imported from iNaturalist photo 15198038 on 2 January 2022.jpg

Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Uma
Species:
U. thurmanae
Binomial name
Uma thurmanae
Derycke, Gottscho, Mulcahy & de Queiroz, 2020

The Mohawk Dunes fringe-toed lizard (Uma thurmanae) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard endemic to the U.S. state of Arizona.[1][2]

It is a cryptic species with few fixed morphological differences from other members of Uma, but has statistical morphological differences, and is also genetically distinct from the rest of the genus according to mtDNA. It was first identified as a potentially distinct species in 2001, which was further verified in a 2016 study, and was ultimately described as a distinct species, Uma thurmanae, in 2020. It is thought to be the most basal member of the Uma notata species complex.[3][4][5]

It is restricted to the , a dune system west of the Mohawk Mountains in southern Arizona. Its name is a reference to American actress Uma Thurman, as both a pun on the genus name Uma as well as a tribute to the actress for her conservation advocacy.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  2. ^ "Uma thurmanae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  3. ^ Trépanier, Tanya L.; Murphy, Robert W. (2001-03-01). "The Coachella Valley Fringe-Toed Lizard (Uma inornata): Genetic Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationships of an Endangered Species". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 18 (3): 327–334. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0881. ISSN 1055-7903.
  4. ^ Gottscho, Andrew D.; Wood, Dustin A.; Vandergast, Amy G.; Lemos-Espinal, Julio; Gatesy, John; Reeder, Tod W. (2017-01-01). "Lineage diversification of fringe-toed lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Uma notata complex) in the Colorado Desert: Delimiting species in the presence of gene flow". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 106: 103–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.008. ISSN 1055-7903.
  5. ^ a b DERYCKE, ELIZABETH G.; GOTTSCHO, ANDREW D.; GOTTSCHO, ANDREW D.; MULCAHY, DANIEL G.; DE QUEIROZ, KEVIN (2020-05-13). "

    A new cryptic species of fringe-toed lizards from southwestern Arizona with arevised taxonomy of the Uma notata species complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)

    "    . Zootaxa. 4778 (1): 67–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
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