Xantusia arizonae
Klauber, 1931
zan-TOO-see-ah — air-ih-ZOH-nye
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Arizona
Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for the U.S. state where it is found.
Xantusia — Named in honor of John Xantus de Vesey (1825–1894), a Hungarian-born zoologist and collector who worked in California and Mexico. Many reptiles and other animals bear his name.
arizonae — From Arizona, the U.S. state, with Latin genitive suffix -ae, meaning “of Arizona.” Indicates the species' regional origin.
First instance(s) of published English names:
Arizona Night Lizard (Xantusia arizonae: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1931
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Klauber, Laurence M. A new species of Xantusia from Arizona with a synopsis of the genus. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 7(1):1-16
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1986
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Crother, Brian I., Michael M. Miyamoto, and William F. Presch. Phylogeny and biogeography of the lizard family Xantusiidae. Systematic Zoology 35(1):37-45
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2013
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Noonan, Brice P., Jennifer B. Pramuk, Robert L. Bezy, Elizabeth A. Sinclair, Kevin de Queiroz, and Jack W. Sites, Jr. Phylogenetic relationships within the lizard clade Xantusiidae: Using
trees and divergence times to address evolutionary questions at multiple
levels Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(2013):109-122
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