Sceloporus hunsakeri, also known commonly as Hunsaker's spiny lizard and la espinosa de Hunsaker in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[2] The species is endemic to the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.[1][2]
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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. hunsakeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sceloporus hunsakeri Hall & H.M. Smith, 1979
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Etymology edit
The specific name, hunsakeri, is in honor of American zoologist Don Hunsaker II.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of S. hunsakeri is rocky areas in shrubland, but it has also been found around buildings in urban areas.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Hollingsworth, B.; Frost, D.R. (2007). "Sceloporus hunsakeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64112A12744951.
- ^ a b c Sceloporus hunsakeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sceloporus hunsakeri, p. 127).
Further reading edit
- Hall WP, Smith HM (1979). "Lizards of the Sceloporus orcutti Complex of the Cape Region of Baja California". Breviora (452): 1–26. (Sceloporus hunsakeri, new species, pp. 4–12).
- Heimes P (2022). Lizards of Mexico. Part I. Iguanian lizards. Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. 2. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3-89973-101-9.
- Peralta-García A, Valdez-Villavicencio JH, Fucsko LA, Hollingsworth BD, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, Porras LW, Wilson LD (2023). "The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17 (1 & 2): 57–142.
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