''Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii'', commonly known as the Coast Range fence lizard, is a
subspecies
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of ''Sceloporus occidentalis'', the
Western fence lizard
The western fence lizard (''Sceloporus occidentalis'') is a common lizard of Arizona, New Mexico, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington (state), Washington, Northern Mexico, and the surrounding area. As the ventral abdomen of an ad ...
.
Geographic range
This
taxon
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, ''S. o. bocourtii'', is found in the state of
California
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, from
Sonoma County
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south to
Santa Barbara County
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Santa Barba ...
.
Taxonomy
The
subspecies
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''S. o. bocourtii'' is in the
family
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Phrynosomatidae
The Phrynosomatidae are a diverse family of lizards, sometimes classified as a subfamily (Phrynosomatinae), found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny ...
,
North American
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spiny lizards.
Etymology
The subspecific name, ''bocourtii'', is in honor of French
herpetologist
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Marie Firmin Bocourt
Marie Firmin Bocourt (19 April 1819 – 4 February 1904) was a French zoologist and artist.
As a young man, he worked as a preparateur for the zoologist Gabriel Bibron (1805–1848), later serving as a museum artist. In 1861, he was sent to Thail ...
.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii'', p. 29).]
See also
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Great Basin fence lizard
''Sceloporus occidentalis longipes'' is a subspecies of the western fence lizard, commonly called the Great Basin fence lizard. Several subspecies of the western fence lizard, a species of phrynosomatid lizard, are found in the far western pa ...
*
Island fence lizard
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
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Northwestern fence lizard
''Sceloporus occidentalis occidentalis'' is a subspecies of the western fence lizard. The common name for this taxon is the northwestern fence lizard. This lizard occurs in the state of Washington in the United States.C.M. Hogan, 2008
See also
* ...
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Sierra fence lizard
References
External links
*Hogan, C. Michael (2008). "Western fence lizard (''Sceloporus occidentalis'')". Globaltwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromber
ITIS report: ''Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii'' (1996)
Further reading
*Bell, Edwin L. (1954). "A Preliminary Report on the Subspecies of the Western Fence Lizard, ''Sceloporus occidentalis'', and its Relationships to the Eastern Fence Lizard, ''Sceloporus undulatus'' ". ''Herpetologica'' 10 (1): 31–36. (''Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii'', new combination).
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George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger GA (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. ("''Sceloporus undulatus'' Var. ''bocourtii'' ", new variation, p. 229).
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Smith, Hobart M.; Brodie, Edmund D., Jr. (1982). ''Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification''. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. , paperback; , hardcover. (''Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii'', p. 122).
Sceloporus
Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands
Reptiles of the United States
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