Sceloporus taeniocnemis

Sceloporus taeniocnemis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Sceloporus
Species:	S. taeniocnemis
Binomial name
	Sceloporus taeniocnemis; Cope, 1885
Synonyms
	Sceloporus taeniocnemis; Cope, 1885; Sceloporus malachiticus taeniocnemis; — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950; Sceloporus taeniocnemis; — Liner, 1994;

Last updated February 19, 2025

Sceloporus taeniocnemis, also known commonly as the Guatemalan emerald spiny lizard and la chachapaja in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.^[2] The species is native to Guatemala and adjacent southeastern Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.^[2]

Geographic range

S. taeniocnemis is found in central Guatemala and in the Mexican state of Chiapas.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. taeniocnemis is forest, at altitudes of 1,200–2,500 m (3,900–8,200 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

S. taeniocnemis is viviparous.^[2]

Subspecies

The following two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

Sceloporus taeniocnemis taeniocnemis Cope, 1885
Sceloporus taeniocnemis hartwegi Stuart, 1971

Etymology

The subspecific name, hartwegi, is in honor of American herpetologist Norman Edouard Hartweg.^[3]

References

1 2 3 Campbell, J.A.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2013). "Sceloporus taeniocnemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T64138A12748434.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Sceloporus taeniocnemis 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 taeniocnemis hartwegi, p. 117).

Cope ED (1885). "A contribution to the Herpetology of Mexico". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society22: 379–404. (Sceloporus tæniocnemis, new species, pp. 399).
Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, García Padilla E, Wilson LD (2015). "The herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation". Mesoamerican Herpetology2 (3): 272–329. (Sceloporus taeniocnemis, pp. 285, 293, 302, 320).
Stuart LC (1971). "Comments on the Malachite Sceloporus (Reptilia: Sauria: Iguanidae) of Southern Mexico and Guatemala". Herpetologica27 (3): 235–239. (Sceloporus taeniocnemis hartwegi, new subspecies).

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 3 Campbell, J.A.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. (2013). "Sceloporus taeniocnemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T64138A12748434.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sceloporus taeniocnemis 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 taeniocnemis hartwegi, p. 117).

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