THE CENTER FOR NORTH AMERICAN HERPETOLOGY


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)
Download GeoJSON polygon range file: - 0.46 MB

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

THE CENTER FOR NORTH AMERICAN HERPETOLOGY — Accessed: Thursday 30 January 2025 02:00 CT