Sceloporus torquatus

Crevice swift
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. torquatus
Binomial name
Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828

Sceloporus torquatus, the crevice swift, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It inhabits the center of Mexico, specifically, the west of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.

Naming

The subspecies Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni was named by Hobart Muir Smith and José Ticul Álvarez in honor of professor emeritus of English, Michael J. Preston. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Canseco-Márquez, L.; Mendoza-Quijano, F.; Ponce-Campos, P. (2007). "Sceloporus torquatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T64155A12749796.
2. 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. ("Preston", p. 211).
3. "Sceloporus torquatus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2022-03-16.