Sceloporus occidentalis becki
| Sceloporus occidentalis becki | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | S. o. becki
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| Trinomial name | |
| Sceloporus occidentalis becki Van Denburgh, 1905
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Sceloporus occidentalis becki, commonly known as the island fence lizard, is a subspecies of the western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis.
Etymology[]
The subspecific epithet, becki, is in honor of Rollo Howard Beck, an American ornithologist who collected the first specimens.[1][2]
Geographic range[]
The island fence lizard, S. o. becki, is endemic[3] to the Channel Islands of California.[4]
Taxonomy[]
Some authors have raised the island fence lizard to the rank of a species, i.e., . However, recent work in molecular systematics has suggested four clades and 11 genetically separable populations, and the subspecies will probably have to be redefined.[5]
See also[]
- Coast Range fence lizard
- Great Basin fence lizard
- Island Night Lizard
- Northwestern fence lizard
- Sierra fence lizard
Line notes[]
- ^ Beltz, Ellin (2006). Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America - Explained. http://ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sceloporus occidentalis becki, p. 21).
- ^ Hogan, 2008.
- ^ Flaxington, 2005.
- ^ "Sceloporus occidentalis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
References[]
- Hogan, C. Michael (2008). "Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)". Globaltwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromberg [1]
- Flaxington, William (2005). Photograph of Island fence lizard on Santa Cruz Island. Calphotos [2]
External links[]
- National Park Service, Channel Islands - Island Fence Lizard U.S. Department of the Interior
- Island Fence Lizard - Sceloporus occidentalis becki CaliforniaHerps.com A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of California
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Categories:
- Phrynosomatidae
- Endemic fauna of California
- Fauna of the Channel Islands of California
- Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Lizards of North America
- Reptiles of the United States
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