Sceloporus halli

Sceloporus halli
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Sceloporus
Species:	S. halli
Binomial name
	Sceloporus halli; Dasmann & H.M. Smith, 1974
Synonyms
	Sceloporus megalepidurus halli; Dasmann & H.M. Smith, 1974;

Last updated February 19, 2025

Sceloporus halli, also known commonly as Hall's spiny lizard and la espinosa de Hall in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.^[2] The species is endemic to Mexico.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, halli, is in honor of biologist William Purington Hall III (born 1939).^[3]

Geographic range

S. halli is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. halli is shrubland.^[1]

Reproduction

S. halli is ovoviviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 Flores-Villela, O.; Campbell, J.A. (2007). "Sceloporus halli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T64109A12744337.
1 2 3 4 5 Sceloporus halli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 November 2021.
↑ 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 megalepidurus halli, p. 114).

Dasmann MM, Smith HM (1974). "A new sceloporine lizard from Oaxaca, Mexico". Great Basin Naturalist34 (3): 231–237. (Sceloporus megalepidurus halli, new subspecies).
Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology2 (1): 6–62. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Wiens JJ, Reeder TW (1997). "Phylogeny of the spiny lizards (Sceloporus) based on molecular and morphological evidence". Herpetological Monographs11: 1–101. (Sceloporus halli, new taxonomic status, elevated to species).

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 3 4 Flores-Villela, O.; Campbell, J.A. (2007). "Sceloporus halli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T64109A12744337.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Sceloporus halli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 November 2021.

[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. (Sceloporus megalepidurus halli, p. 114).

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