Biology:Xantusia jaycolei
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Xantusiidae |
| Genus: | Xantusia |
| Species: | X. jaycolei
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| Xantusia jaycolei Bezy, Bezy & Bolles, 2008
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Xantusia jaycolei is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is native to Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, jaycolei, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles J. "Jay" Cole.[1]
Geographic range
X. jaycolei is endemic to the Mexican state of Sonora.[2]
Reproduction
X. jaycolei is viviparous.[2]
References
- ↑ 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. (Xantusia jaycolei, p. 56).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Xantusia jaycolei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
Further reading
- Bezy RL, Bezy KB, Bolles K (2008). "Two New Species of Night Lizards (Xantusia) from Mexico". Journal of Herpetology 42 (4): 680–688. (Xantusia jaycolei, new species).
- Bezy RL, Rosen PC, Van Devender TR, Enderson EF (2017). "Southern distributional limits of the Sonoran Desert herpeofauna along the mainland coast of northwestern Mexico". Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (1): 137–167. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Rorabaugh JC (2019). "A conservation checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Sonora, Mexico, with updated species lists". ZooKeys 829: 131–160.
Wikidata ☰ Q3570569 entry
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