Sceloporus occidentalis taylori

Sierra fence lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species: S. occidentalis
Subspecies: S. o. taylori
Trinomial name
Sceloporus occidentalis taylori
Camp, 1916

Sceloporus occidentalis taylori is a subspecies of the western fence lizard,[1] commonly called the Sierra fence lizard. Several subspecies of the western fence lizard, a species of phrynosomatid lizard, are found in the far western part of North America.[2]The subspecific epithet, taylori, is in honor of American herpetologist Edward Harrison Taylor.[3]


See also

Notes

  1. H.M. Smith, 1995
  2. C.M. Hogan, 2008
  3. Beltz, Ellin. 2006. Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America - Explained. http://ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html.

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