Sceloporus druckercolini, also known commonly as the graceful mountain tree lizard and lagartija elegante arborícola de montaña in Mexican Spanish, 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. druckercolini
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| Binomial name | |
| Sceloporus druckercolini Pérez-Ramos & Saldaña-de La Riva, 2008
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Etymology edit
The specific name, druckercolini, is in honor of Mexican scientist René Raúl Drucker-Colín.[2]
Geographic range edit
S. druckercolini is found in southern Mexico, in the Mexican state of Guerrero.[1]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of S. druckercolini is pine-oak forest, at an altitude of 2,170 m (7,120 ft).[1]
Reproduction edit
The mode of reproduction of S. druckercolini is unknown.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Sceloporus druckercolini 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 druckercolini, p. 75).
Further reading edit
- Palacios-Aguilar R (2020). "Una lista comentada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles con localidad tipo en Guerrero, México". Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 3 (2): 43–60. (in Spanish).
- Palacios-Aguilar R, Flores-Villela O (2018). "An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico". Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1–24.
- Pérez-Ramos E, Saldaña-de La Riva L (2008). "Morphological Revision of Lizards of the formosus Group, Genus Sceloporus (Squamata: Sauria) of Southern México, with Description of a New Species". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 44 (3): 77–98. (Sceloporus druckercolini, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
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