Slevin's bunchgrass lizard (Sceloporus slevini) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is indigenous to the southwestern United States and adjacent northern 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. slevini
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| Sceloporus slevini H.M. Smith, 1937
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Taxonomy and etymology edit
Described in 1937 by Hobart M. Smith, the species was named after the collector of the holotype specimen, Joseph R. Slevin.[3][4]
Geographic range edit
In the United States, S. slevini is found in southeastern Arizona. In Mexico, it is found in Chihuahua, northern Durango, northeastern Sinaloa, and eastern Sonora.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of S. slevini are grassland and forest.[1]
Description edit
Adults of S. slevinii have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4–7 cm (1.6–2.8 in). The rows of lateral scales on the sides of the body are parallel to the rows of dorsal scales. The rows of femoral pores are separated at the midline by not more than two scales.[5]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Hammerson, G.A.; Vazquez Díaz, J.; Quintero Díaz, G.E. (2007). "Sceloporus slevini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64145A12748974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64145A12748974.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Sceloporus slevini at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Smith HM (1937). "A synopsis of the scalaris group of the lizard genus Sceloporus " (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (361): 1–8. (Sceloporus scalaris slevini, new subspecies).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 245–246. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- ^ Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xiii + 533 pp., 56 color plates. (Sceloporus slevini, pp. 283–284 + Plate 30 + Map 94).
Further reading edit
- Jones LLC, Lovich RE (editors)(2009). Lizards of the American Southwest: A Photographic Field Guide. Tucson, Arizona: Rio Nuevo Publishers. 568 pp. ISBN 978-1933855356. (Sceloporus slevini, pp. 513–514).
- Tanner WW (1987). "Lizards and Turtles of Western Chihuahua". Great Basin Naturalist 47: 383–421. (Sceloporus slevini, new status, pp. 400–401).
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