Canyon spotted whiptail

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Canyon spotted whiptail
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Aspidoscelis
Species:
A. burti
Binomial name
Aspidoscelis burti
(Taylor, 1938)
Synonyms [2]

The canyon spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis burti) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to northwestern Mexico and the adjacent southwestern United States.

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Etymology

The specific name, burti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Earle Burt. [3]

Geographic range

A. burti is found in the Mexican state of Sonora and in the U.S. state of Arizona. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. burti are forest, shrubland, and rocky areas. [1]

Reproduction

A. burti is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Hammerson, G.A.; Frost, D.R.; Gadsden, H. (2007). "Aspidoscelis burti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T64251A12758644. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64251A12758644.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Aspidoscelis burti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 June 2019.
  3. 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. (Aspidoscelis burti, p. 43).

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