Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, commonly known as the Coast Range fence lizard, is a subspecies of Sceloporus occidentalis, the Western fence lizard.
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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 |
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| Subspecies: | S. o. bocourtii
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| Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii Boulenger, 1885
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Geographic range edit
This taxon, S. o. bocourtii, is found in the state of California, from Sonoma County south to Santa Barbara County.[3]
Taxonomy edit
The subspecies S. o. bocourtii is in the family Phrynosomatidae, North American spiny lizards.[4]
Etymology edit
The subspecific name, bocourtii, is in honor of French herpetologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.[5][6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Boulenger, 1885.
- ^ Bell, 1954.
- ^ Hogan, 2008.
- ^ ITIS, 1996.
- ^ Beltz, Ellin (2006). Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained. http://ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html.
- ^ 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 occidentalis bocourtii, p. 29).
External links edit
- Hogan, C. Michael (2008). "Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)". Globaltwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromberg [1].
- ITIS report: Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii (1996).
Further reading edit
- Bell, Edwin L. (1954). "A Preliminary Report on the Subspecies of the Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, and its Relationships to the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus ". Herpetologica 10 (1): 31–36. (Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, new combination).
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. ("Sceloporus undulatus Var. bocourtii ", new variation, p. 229).
- Smith, Hobart M.; Brodie, Edmund D., Jr. (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3, paperback; ISBN 0-307-47009-1, hardcover. (Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, p. 122).
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