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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Phrynosomatidae
Island Fence Lizard
Sceloporus becki
Van Denburgh, 1905
Current SSAR Comments:
Wiens and Reeder (1997, Herpetological Monographs 11: 1–101) suggested that
Sceloporus occidentalis becki
should be recognized as a species based on diagnosability and allopatry relative to other populations of
S. occidentalis
. Salerno et al. (2023, Journal of Biogeography 50: 116–129) confirmed monophyly of island populations using mtDNA and suggested
S. becki
constitutes a species.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.07.02.09.09.38)
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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:
1905
Van Denburgh, John. The reptiles and amphibians of the islands of the Pacific Coast of North America from the Farallons to Cape San Lucas and the Revilla Gigedos. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, Series 3 4(`):1-40
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