Grimser's collared lizard

Grimser's collared lizard (Crotaphytus grismeri), also known commonly as the Sierra los Cucapas collared lizard and el cachorón de Sierra de los Cucapas in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to Baja California, Mexico.

Grimser's collared lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Crotaphytidae
Genus: Crotaphytus
Species:
C. grismeri
Binomial name
Crotaphytus grismeri

Etymology

The specific name, grismeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Larry Lee Grismer.[3]

Geographic range

In Baja California, C. grismeri is found in the Sierra de Los Cucapah and the contiguous Sierra El Mayor.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. grismeri is rocky areas of desert.[1]

Description

C. grismeri is smaller as an adult than all other species of Crotaphytus. The light portion of the collar is green, and the tail is dull orange.[2]

Behavior

C. grismeri is terrestrial and saxicolous.[1]

Reproduction

C. grismeri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. Hollingsworth, B. (2007). "Crotaphytus grismeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64009A12734673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64009A12734673.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Species Crotaphytus grismeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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 JA (1994). "A new species of collared lizard (Iguania: Crotaphytidae) from northeastern Baja California, México". Herpetologica 51 (4): 438-450 (Crotaphytus grismeri, new species).
  • Jones, Lawrence L.C.; Lovich, Robert E. (editors) (2009). Lizards of the American Southwest: A Photographic Field Guide. Tucson, Arizona: Rio Nuevo Publishing. 568 pp. ISBN 978-1933855356.
  • Lipfert, Jürgen (2004). Halsbandleguan: Die Gattung Crotaphytus. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 64 pp. ISBN 3937285156. (in German).
  • Villegas-Petraca, Rafael; Aguilar-López, José Luis; Hernández-Hernández, Julio César; Muñoz-Jiménez, Oscar (2022). "Diversity and conservation of terrestrial vertebrates (birds, mammals, and reptiles) of Sierra Cucapá, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico". ZooKeys 1088: 17–39.



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