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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Phrynosomatidae
Chihuahuan Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma ornatissimum
Girard, 1858
Current SSAR Comments:
Montanucci (2015, Zootaxa 4015: 1–177) proposed, based on morphological data, that populations of short-horned lizards from the arid short-grass plains of central and southern New Mexico represent a separate species from
P. hernandesi
, and that hypothesis was corroborated by the results of Leaché et al. (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 678110) based on principal component and phylogenetic analyses of RADseq nDNA data.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.07.17.16.02.44)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1858
Girard, Charles F. United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Vol. 20. Herpetology. C. Sherman & Son, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 492pp.
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