Sceloporus ochoterenae

Sceloporus ochoterenae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Sceloporus
Species:	S. ochoterenae
Binomial name
Sceloporus ochoterenae H.M. Smith, 1934

Sceloporus ochoterenae, also known commonly as Ochoterena's lizard, the Queretaran spiny lizard, and la lagartija chata de Ochoterena in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sceloporinae of the family Phrynosomatidae. ^[2] The species is endemic to Mexico. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, ochoterenae, is in honor of Mexican biologist Isaac Ochoterena Mendieta. ^{[3] : 193}

Geographic distribution

Sceloporus ochoterenae is found in the central Mexican states of Guerrero, Morelos, Oaxaca, and Puebla, and the Distrito Federal. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Sceloporus ochterenae is forest, but it has also been found in agriculturally disturbed habitats such as corn fields. ^[1]

Reproduction

Sceloporus ochoterenae is oviparous. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Ponce-Campos, P. (2007). "Sceloporus ochoterenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T64132A12747965.
2. Sceloporus ochoterenae 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. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.

Further reading

• Bustos-Zagal, María Guadalupe; Méndez-de la Cruz, Fausto R.; Castro-Franco, Rubén; Villagrán-Santa Cruz, Maricela (2011). "Ciclo reproductor de Sceloporus ochoterenae en el estado de Morelos, México: Reproductive cycle of Sceloporus ochoterenae from Morelos State, Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 82 (2): 589–597. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
• Flores-Villela, O.; Smith, H.M.; Liner, E.A.; Chiszar, D. (2008). "Sceloporus ochoterenae Smith, Ochoterena's Spiny Lizard". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 855: 1–5.
• Smith, H.M. (1934). "Descriptions of New Lizards of the Genus Sceloporus from Mexico and Southern United States". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 37: 263–285. (Sceloporus ochoterenae, new species).
• Smith, H.M.; Taylor, E.H. (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 ochoterenae, p. 135).