Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii

Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Sceloporus
Species:	S. occidentalis
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.

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]}

See also

• Great Basin fence lizard
• Island fence lizard
• Northwestern fence lizard
• Sierra fence lizard

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).

External links

• Hogan, C. Michael (2008). "Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)". Globaltwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromberg .
• ITIS report: Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii (1996).

Further reading

• Bell, Edwin L. (1954). "A Preliminary Report on the Subspecies of the Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, and its Relationships to the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus ". Herpetologica10 (1): 31–36. (Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, new combination).
• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. ("Sceloporus undulatus Var. bocourtii ", new variation, p. 229).
• Smith, Hobart M.; Brodie, Edmund D., Jr. (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. ISBN   0-307-13666-3, paperback; ISBN   0-307-47009-1, hardcover. (Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, p. 122).