Biology:Phrynosomatidae
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| Emerald swift (Sceloporus malachiticus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Clade: | Pleurodonta |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
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Callisaurus | |
The Phrynosomatidae are a diverse family of lizards, sometimes classified as a subfamily (Phrynosomatinae), found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada . Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny lizards prefer rocky deserts or even relatively moist forest edges, and the short-horned lizard lives in prairie or sagebrush environments. The group includes both egg-laying and viviparous species, with the latter being more common in species living at high elevations.[2]
The earliest fossil remains of this group are known from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and belong to the genus Desertiguana.[3] As phrynosomatids are only known from North America, these remains indicate that phrynosomatids likely had a wider distribution in prehistoric times.
Genera
The Phrynosomatidae are organised into nine genera.
The earless taxa (Cophosaurus and Holbrookia) are sister genera.
Family Phrynosomatidae
- Callisaurus Blainville, 1835 – zebra-tailed lizards
- Cophosaurus Troschel, 1852 – greater earless lizards
- Holbrookia Girard, 1851 – earless lizards
- Petrosaurus Boulenger, 1885 – California rock lizards
- Phrynosoma Wiegmann, 1828 – horned lizards
- Sceloporus Wiegmann, 1828 – spiny lizards (or sator[4])
- Uma Baird, 1859 – fringe-toed lizards
- Urosaurus Hallowell, 1854 – tree and brush lizards
- Uta Baird & Girard, 1852 – side-blotched lizards
References
- ↑ Wikispecies.
- ↑ Bauer, Aaron M. (1998). Cogger, H.G.. ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 142–144. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Desertiguana". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=276120.
- ↑ Reeder, Tod W.; Wiens, John J. (1996). "Evolution of the Lizard Family Phrynosomatidae as Inferred from Diverse Types of Data". Herpetological Monographs 10: 43–84. doi:10.2307/1466980. ISSN 0733-1347. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1466980.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q852822 entry
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