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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