Biology:Grimser's collared lizard

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Short description: Species of lizard

Grimser's collared lizard
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Crotaphytidae
Genus: Crotaphytus
Species:
C. grismeri
Binomial name
Crotaphytus grismeri
McGuire, 1994[1]

Grimser's collared lizard (Crotaphytus grismeri ) is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to Baja California, Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, grismeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Larry Lee Grismer.[2]

Geographic range

In Baja California, C. grismeri is found in the Sierra de Los Cucapah and the contiguous Sierra El Mayor.[1]

Reproduction

C. grismeri is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Crotaphytus grismeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  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. (Crotaphytus grismeri, pp. 108-109).

Further reading

McGuire, Jimmy A. (1994). "A new species of collared lizard (Iguania: Crotaphytidae) from northeastern Baja California, México". Herpetologica 51 (4): 438-450 (Crotaphytus grismeri, new species). Wikidata ☰ Q1106700 entry