Barisia ciliaris, also known commonly as the Sierra alligator lizard, the imbricate alligator lizard, and el escorpión de montaña in Mexican Spanish, is a species of medium-sized lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]
| Barisia ciliaris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Barisia |
| Species: | B. ciliaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Barisia ciliaris (H.M. Smith, 1942)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Geographic range edit
B. ciliaris is found in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, southern Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas.[1]
Reproduction edit
B. ciliaris is viviparous.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Species Barisia ciliaris at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
Further reading edit
- Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith HM, Chiszar D (2006). "Pattern in Barisia ciliaris (Reptilia: Lacertilia) in Northeastern Mexico". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42 (4): 179–180.
- Smith HM (1942). "Mexican Herpetological Miscellany". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92: 349–395. (Gerrhonotus levicollis ciliaris, new subspecies, pp. 365–367).
- Smith HM, Burg TM, Chiszar D (2002). "Evolutionary Speciation in the Alligator Lizards of the Genus Barisia". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38 (1): 23–26. (Barisia ciliaris, new taxonomic status).
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