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Reptilia    Squamata (part)    Phrynosomatidae  

Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
Sceloporus arenicolus Degenhardt and Jones, 1972

Current SSAR Comments:
Chan et al. (2020, PLoS ONE 15: e0238194) presented additional evidence (see Chan et al., 2009, Conservation Genetics 10: 131–142) for mtDNA and microsatellite differentiation among S. arenicolus populations. They found multiple nested genetic clusters with limited gene flow among them.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.13.21.22)
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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:
1972 Degenhardt, William G. and Kirkland L. Jones. A new sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus graciosus, from New Mexico and Texas. Herpetologica 28(3):212-217

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