Taxonomy Profile: Phrynosoma taurus (Bocourt in A M C Duméril and Bocourt 1870)

Phrynosoma taurus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Lagartija-cornuda toro o mexicana []
Mexican Horned Lizard []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Phrynosoma taurus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Iguania
Iguanas |
iguanes |
Family : Phrynosomatidae
North American Spiny Lizards |
Subfamily : Phrynosomatinae
Genus : Phrynosoma
Horned Lizards |
Species : Phrynosoma taurus
Lagartija-cornuda toro o mexicana |
Mexican Horned Lizard |
Phrynosoma taurus Direct Children(s):
Phrynosoma taurus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Phrynosoma taurus
Source(s):
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Phrynosoma taurus
Source:
Reptile Database (2017)
Acquired:
2017-07-13
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Phrynosoma taurus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Phrynosoma taurus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar, César A. Ríos-Muñoz, Gloria E. Magaña-Cota, and Néstor L. Quezadas-Tapia
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2016-03-14 / 2016-03-14
Article/Chapter Title:
Alfredo Dugès' type specimens of amphibians and reptiles revisited
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zootaxa, issue 4092, no. 1
Page(s):
33-54
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1175-5334
Notes:
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.2
Reference for:
Phrynosoma taurus
Phrynosoma taurus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mexico / Native
Phrynosoma taurus: Comments
Comment:
Variously attributed to Dugès (anywhere from 1868 to 1875), although the name was first technically made available by Bocourt in 1870. See Flores-Villela et al. (2016:48-50)