Sceloporus cupreus, also known commonly as the upland long-tailed spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[1] The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. cupreus
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| Sceloporus cupreus Bocourt, 1873
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Etymology edit
The specific name, cupreus, meaning "coppery" in Latin, refers to the dorsal color of some males of this species.[1] The junior synonym, S. cochranae, was named in honor of American herpetologist Doris Mable Cochran.[2]
Geographic range edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Sceloporus cupreus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.
- ^ 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. (Sceloporus cochranae, p. 56).
Further reading edit
- Bocourt MF (1873). "Deux notes sur quelques sauriens de l'Amérique tropicale ". Annales des sciences naturelles, Cinquième serie [= Fifth Series ] 19 (4): 1–5. (Sceloporus cupreus, new species, p. 3). (in French).
- Smith HM (1936). "Descriptions of New Species of Lizards of the Genus Sceloporus from Mexico". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 49: 87–96. (Sceloporus cochranae, new species, pp. 87–89).
- Smith HM, Taylor EH (1950). "An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Reptiles of Mexico Exclusive of the Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (199): 1–253. (Sceloporus siniferus cupreus, new combination, p. 134).
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