Sonoran collared lizard

The Sonoran collared lizard, Crotaphytus nebrius, is a species of lizard in the family Crotaphytidae. The species is endemic to the U.S. state of Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora.

Sonoran collared lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Crotaphytidae
Genus: Crotaphytus
Species:
C. nebrius
Binomial name
Crotaphytus nebrius
Axtell & Montanucci, 1977
Synonyms[1]
  • Crotaphytus collaris nebrius
    Axtell & Montanucci, 1977
  • Crotaphytus nebrius
    — McGuire, 1996

Description

C. nebrius is a grayish-yellow with grayish-white spots, which are large down the middle of the body, and small on the sides.

Juvenile Collared Lizard in Payson Arizona.

Behavior

Adults of C. nebrius are mainly only active during spring and summer, but the juveniles can be active until November.[2]

A Collared Lizard hanging upside down in a live oak tree, having caught a praying mantis in Payson, Arizona

Reproduction

C. nebrius is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. "Crotaphytus nebrius ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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 plates, 39 figures, 204 maps. ISBN 978-0-395-98272-3. (Crotaphytus nebrius, p. 274 + Plate 27 + Map 85).

Further reading
  • Axtell, Ralph W.; Montanucci, Richard R. (1977). "Crotaphytus collaris from the eastern Sonoran Desert: description of a previously unrecognized geographic race". Natural History Miscellanea, Chicago Academy of Sciences (201): 1–8. (Crotaphytus collaris nebrius, new subspecies).
  • McGuire, Jimmy A. (1996). "Phylogenetic Systematics of Crotaphytid Lizards (Reptilia: Iguania: Crotaphytidae)". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (32): iv + 1–143, 52 figures. (Crotaphytus nebrius, new combination, pp. 88-92 + Figures 31A, 34).


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