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Madrean Mountain Spiny Lizard
Sceloporus jarrovii Cope, in Yarrow, 1875

Current SSAR Comments:
Wiens et al. (2019, Molecular Ecology 28: 2610–2624) found pronounced phylogeographic structure and relatively old divergences among S. jarrovii populations in the Madrean Sky Islands of southeastern Arizona. We reverted to the standard English name “Mountain Spiny Lizard” adopted in the 5th edition of this list (Crother et al., 2000, Herpetological Circular (29)), a name also used by McGinnis and Stebbins (2018, Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), and added “Madrean” to make it more specific.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Yarrow's Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovi: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Yarrow's Scaly Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii: Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.); Yarrow's Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovi: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Yarrow's Scaly Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovi jarrovi: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1875 Yarrow, Henry C. Report upon the collections of batrachians and reptiles made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona during the years 1871, 1872, 1872, and 1874. Wheeler, G. M. ed., Report upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian in Charge of First Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Under the Direction of Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphryes, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. Volume 5 (Zoology), Part. 4. US Government, Washington, D. C. 509-584pp.

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