Urosaurus
| Urosaurus | |
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| Urosaurus ornatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Urosaurus Hallowell, 1854[1] |
| Diversity | |
| Nine species, see text. | |
Urosaurus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as tree lizards or brush lizards, belonging to the New World family Phrynosomatidae.[1]
Description
Species in the genus Urosaurus can be distinguished from members of the genus Sceloporus by the presence of a gular (under neck) fold and granular lateral scales. They can be distinguished from members of the genus Uta by the presence of enlarged (sometimes only slightly) dorsal scales.[citation needed]
Reproduction
Urosaurus have been used as a model system in lizard life-history studies, and populations produce two or more clutches of eggs per year.[2][3] Field studies have also shown a cost of reproduction in a natural New Mexico population of the species Urosaurus ornatus.[4]
Species
In the genus Urosaurus there are nine species which are recognized as being valid.[5]
- Urosaurus auriculatus (Cope, 1871)
- Urosaurus bicarinatus (A.M.C. Duméril, 1856)
- Urosaurus clarionensis (Townsend, 1890)
- Urosaurus gadovi (Schmidt, 1921)
- Urosaurus graciosus Hallowell, 1854
- Urosaurus irregularis (Fischer, 1881)
- Urosaurus lahtelai Rau & Loomis, 1977
- Urosaurus nigricaudus (Cope, 1864)
- Urosaurus ornatus (Baird & Girard, 1852)
Etymology
The specific name, gadovi, is in honor of German ornithologist Hans Friedrich Gadow.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Urosaurus Hallowell, 1854". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Michel L (1976). "Reproduction in a southwest New Mexican population of Urosaurus ornatus". The Southwestern Naturalist. 21 (3): 281–299. doi:10.2307/3669714. JSTOR 3669714.
- ^ Ballinger RE (1984). "Survivorship of the lizard, Urosaurus ornatus linearis, in New Mexico". Journal of Herpetology. 18 (4): 480–481. doi:10.2307/1564108. JSTOR 1564108.
- ^ Landwer AJ (1994). "Manipulation of egg production reveals costs of reproduction in the tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)". Oecologia. 100 (3): 243–249. Bibcode:1994Oecol.100..243L. doi:10.1007/BF00316951. PMID 28307007. S2CID 3226827.
- ^ Urosaurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 January 2015.
- ^ 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. (Urosaurus gadovi, p. 96).
Further reading
- Hallowell E (1854). "Descriptions of new Reptiles from California". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 91–97. (Urosaurus, new genus, p. 92).
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