Sideline iguanas

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Sideline iguanas
Common spotted iguana (Uta stansburiana), female

Common spotted iguana ( Uta stansburiana ), female

Systematics
Superordinate : Scale lizards (Lepidosauria)
Order : Scale reptiles (Squamata)
without rank: Toxicofera
without rank: Iguana (Iguania)
Family : Phrynosomatidae
Genre : Sideline iguanas
Scientific name
Uta
Baird & Girard , 1852

The side-blotched lizard ( Utah ) are a genus of the Iguana-like belonging Phrynosomatidae that colonize mainly sandy-rocky dry areas of North America.

species

The zoologists Baird and Gerard first described the spotted iguanas in 1862 in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences , which described the common spotted iguana ( Uta stansburiana ) as a type species and at the same time the first species of the genus Uta . The genus Uta was named after the state of Utah in which the animal was discovered.

The genus currently comprises 8 species: (As of February 2016)

  • Uta concinna Dickerson , 1919
  • Uta encantadae Grismer , 1994
  • Uta lowei Grismer , 1994
  • Uta nolascensis Van Denburgh & Slevin , 1921
  • Uta palmeri Stejneger , 1890
  • Uta squamata Dickerson , 1919
  • Common side - spotted iguana - Uta stansburiana Baird & Girard , 1852
    • Uta stansburiana elegans Yarrow , 1882
    • Uta stansburiana martinensis Van Denburgh , 1905
    • Uta stansburiana nevadensis Ruthven , 1913
    • Uta stansburiana stansburiana Baird & Girard , 1852
    • Uta stansburiana stejnegeri Schmidt , 1921
    • Uta stansburiana taylori Smith , 1935
    • Uta stansburiana uniformis Pack & Tanner , 1970
  • Uta tumidarostra Grismer , 1994

Web links

Commons : Seitenfleckiguane ( Uta )  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Uta in The Reptile Database ; accessed on February 10, 2016.