Sauromalus klauberi, commonly called the Catalina chuckwalla or the spotted chuckwalla, is a species of chuckwalla, a lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is endemic to Mexico[1][3] The species was first described in 1941.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Iguanidae |
| Genus: | Sauromalus |
| Species: | S. klauberi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sauromalus klauberi | |
Geographic range and habitat edit
S. klauberi is endemic to Isla Santa Catalina in Baja California, Mexico.[1][3] Adults occur primarily on rocky hillsides, on bluffs, and in arroyo bottoms.[1]
Etymology edit
S. klauberi is named in honor of Laurence Monroe Klauber, an American amateur naturalist.[3][4]
Description edit
S. klauberi is oviparous,[3] laying between 13–15 eggs. Adults have a median snout–vent length of 14.4 cm (5.7 in).[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Montgomery, C.E.; Hollingsworth, B.; Kartje, M.; Reynoso, V.H. (2019). "Sauromalus klauberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T174483A1414907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T174483A1414907.en. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ a b Shaw, Charles E. (1941). "A new chuckwalla from Santa Catalina Island, Gulf of California, Mexico". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 9 (28): 285–288. (Sauromalus klauberi, new species).
- ^ a b c d Sauromalus klauberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 March 2024.
- ^ 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. (Sauromalus klauberi, p. 143).