Slevin's bunchgrass lizard

Slevin's bunchgrass lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species: S. slevini
Binomial name
Sceloporus slevini
Smith, 1937

Slevin's bunchgrass lizard (Sceloporus slevini) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae ranging from Southwestern United States to Northern Mexico.[1] Described in 1937 by Hobart M. Smith, the species was named after the collector of the holotype specimen, Joseph R. Slevin.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Hammerson, G.A.; Vazquez Díaz, J. & Quintero Díaz, G.E. (2007). " Sceloporus slevini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. Smith, Hobart Muir (1937). "A synopsis of the scalaris group of the lizard genus Sceloporus" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology. University of Michigan (361).
  3. Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 245–246. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.


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