Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii

Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, commonly known as the Coast Range fence lizard, is a subspecies of Sceloporus occidentalis, the Western fence lizard.

Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. occidentalis
Subspecies:
S. o. bocourtii
Trinomial name
Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii
Boulenger, 1885
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Sceloporus undulatus Var. bocourtii
    Boulenger, 1885
  • Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii
    — E. Bell, 1954

Geographic range

This taxon, S. o. bocourtii, is found in the state of California, from Sonoma County south to Santa Barbara County.[3]

Taxonomy

The subspecies S. o. bocourtii is in the family Phrynosomatidae, North American spiny lizards.[4]

Etymology

The subspecific name, bocourtii, is in honor of French herpetologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. Boulenger, 1885.
  2. Bell, 1954.
  3. Hogan, 2008.
  4. ITIS, 1996.
  5. Beltz, Ellin (2006). Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained. http://ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html.
  6. 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).

Further reading
  • 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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