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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Phrynosomatidae
Southwestern Fence Lizard
Sceloporus cowlesi
Lowe and Norris, 1956
Current SSAR Comments:
Leaché et al. (2017, Molecular Ecology 26: 2306–2316) provided evidence for a 2 km northern shift in the hybrid zone of
S. cowlesi
and
S. tristichus
in Arizona over 10 years.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.13.21.21)
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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:
1956
Lowe, Charles H. and Norris, K. S. A subspecies of the lizard
Sceloporus undulatus
from the White Sands of New Mexico. Herpetologica 12():125-127
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