Sceloporus hunsakeri

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Sceloporus hunsakeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. hunsakeri
Binomial name
Sceloporus hunsakeri
Hall & H.M. Smith, 1979

Sceloporus hunsakeri, also known commonly as Hunsaker's spiny lizard and la espinosa de Hunsaker in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. [2] The species is endemic to the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. [1] [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, hunsakeri, is in honor of American zoologist Don Hunsaker II. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. hunsakeri is rocky areas in shrubland, but it has also been found around buildings in urban areas. [1]

Reproduction

S. hunsakeri is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hollingsworth, B.; Frost, D.R. (2007). "Sceloporus hunsakeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T64112A12744951.
  2. 1 2 3 Sceloporus hunsakeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 November 2021.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sceloporus hunsakeri, p. 127).

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