Taxonomy Profile: Sceloporus merriami (Stejneger 1904)

Sceloporus merriami: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Canyon Lizard []
Lagartija-escamosa de cañón []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Sceloporus merriami: 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 : Iguanidae
American Arboreal Lizards |
Chuckwallas |
Iguanas |
Iguanids |
Subfamily : Sceloporinae
Genus : Sceloporus
Spiny Lizards |
Species : Sceloporus merriami
Canyon Lizard |
Lagartija-escamosa de cañón |
Sceloporus merriami Direct Children(s):
Sceloporus merriami ballingeri
(Lemos-Espinal H M Smith Auth and Chiszar 2001)
Sceloporus merriami sanojae
(Lemos-Espinal in H M Smith Lemos-Espinal and Chiszar 2003)
Sceloporus merriami williamsi
(Lemos-Espinal Chiszar and H M Smith 2000)
Sceloporus merriami australis
(Williams H M Smith and Chrapliwy 1960)
Sceloporus merriami: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Sceloporus merriami
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Sceloporus merriami
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Sceloporus merriami
Source:
Reptile Database (2017)
Acquired:
2017-07-13
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Sceloporus merriami
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Sceloporus merriami
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Olson, R. E.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1979-09-06 / 1979-09-06
Article/Chapter Title:
Sceloporus merriami
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Page(s):
227.1-227.2
Publisher:
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Sceloporus merriami
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:
Sceloporus merriami
Sceloporus merriami: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Continental US / Native
Sceloporus merriami: Comments