Crotaphytus_nebrius

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Crotaphytus nebrius

Species of lizard

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The Sonoran collared lizard (Crotaphytus nebrius) is a species of lizard in the family Crotaphytidae. The species is endemic to the U.S. state of Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora.

Description

C. nebrius is a grayish-yellow with grayish-white spots, which are large down the middle of the body, and small on the sides.

Behavior

Adults of C. nebrius are primarily active during spring and summer; the juveniles can be active until November.[2]

Reproduction

C. nebrius is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Crotaphytus nebrius ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. [2]
    Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xiii + 533 pp., 56 plates, 39 figures, 204 maps. ISBN 978-0-395-98272-3. (Crotaphytus nebrius, p. 274 + Plate 27 + Map 85).

Further reading

  • Axtell, Ralph W.; Montanucci, Richard R. (1977). "Crotaphytus collaris from the eastern Sonoran Desert: description of a previously unrecognized geographic race". Natural History Miscellanea, Chicago Academy of Sciences (201): 1–8. (Crotaphytus collaris nebrius, new subspecies).
  • McGuire, Jimmy A. (1996). "Phylogenetic Systematics of Crotaphytid Lizards (Reptilia: Iguania: Crotaphytidae)". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (32): iv + 1–143, 52 figures. (Crotaphytus nebrius, new combination, pp. 88-92 + Figures 31A, 34).


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