Sceloporus cupreus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. cupreus
Binomial name
Sceloporus cupreus
Bocourt, 1873
Synonyms[1]
  • Sceloporus cupreus
    Bocourt, 1873
  • Sceloporus cochranae
    H.M. Smith, 1936
  • Sceloporus siniferus cupreus
    — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950
  • Sceloporus cupreus
    — Wiens & Reeder, 1997

Sceloporus cupreus, also known commonly as the upland long-tailed spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[1] The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, cupreus, meaning "coppery" in Latin, refers to the dorsal color of some males of this species.[1] The junior synonym, S. cochranae, was named in honor of American herpetologist Doris Mable Cochran.[2]

Geographic range

S. cupreus is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Sceloporus cupreus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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 cochranae, p. 56).

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