Sceloporus cupreus

Sceloporus cupreus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Sceloporus
Species:	S. cupreus
Binomial name
Sceloporus cupreus Bocourt, 1873
Synonyms [1]
Sceloporus cupreus Bocourt, 1873 Sceloporus cochranae H.M. Smith, 1936 Sceloporus siniferus cupreus — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950 Sceloporus cupreus — Wiens & Reeder, 1997

Sceloporus cupreus, also known commonly as the upland long-tailed spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. ^[1] The species is endemic to Mexico. ^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, cupreus, meaning "coppery" in Latin, refers to the dorsal color of some males of this species. ^[1] The junior synonym, S. cochranae, was named in honor of American herpetologist Doris Mable Cochran. ^[2]

Geographic range

S. cupreus is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. ^[1]

References

1. Sceloporus cupreus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 November 2021.
2. 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 cochranae, p. 56).

Further reading

• Bocourt MF (1873). "Deux notes sur quelques sauriens de l'Amérique tropicale ". Annales des sciences naturelles, Cinquième serie [= Fifth Series ] 19 (4): 1–5. (Sceloporus cupreus, new species, p. 3). (in French).
• Smith HM (1936). "Descriptions of New Species of Lizards of the Genus Sceloporus from Mexico". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington49: 87–96. (Sceloporus cochranae, new species, pp. 87–89).
• Smith HM, Taylor EH (1950). "An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Reptiles of Mexico Exclusive of the Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (199): 1–253. (Sceloporus siniferus cupreus, new combination, p. 134).