Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii

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Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
Subspecies:
S. o. bocourtii
Trinomial name
Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii
Boulenger, 1885
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Sceloporus undulatus Var. bocourtii
    Boulenger, 1885
  • Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii
    E. Bell, 1954

Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, commonly known as the Coast Range fence lizard, is a subspecies of Sceloporus occidentalis, the Western fence lizard.

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Geographic range

This taxon, S. o. bocourtii, is found in the state of California, from Sonoma County south to Santa Barbara County. [3]

Taxonomy

The subspecies S. o. bocourtii is in the family Phrynosomatidae, North American spiny lizards. [4]

Etymology

The subspecific name, bocourtii, is in honor of French herpetologist Marie Firmin Bocourt. [5] [6]

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References

  1. Boulenger, 1885.
  2. Bell, 1954.
  3. Hogan, 2008.
  4. ITIS, 1996.
  5. Beltz, Ellin (2006). Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained. http://ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html.
  6. 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 bocourtii, p. 29).

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