Sauromalus_klauberi

<i>Sauromalus klauberi</i>

Sauromalus klauberi

Species of lizard

Sauromalus klauberi, commonly called the Catalina chuckwalla or the spotted chuckwalla, is a species of chuckwalla, a lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is endemic to Mexico[1][3] The species was first described in 1941.[2]

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Geographic range and habitat

S. klauberi is endemic to Isla Santa Catalina in Baja California, Mexico.[1][3] Adults occur primarily on rocky hillsides, on bluffs, and in arroyo bottoms.[1]

Etymology

S. klauberi is named in honor of Laurence Monroe Klauber, an American amateur naturalist.[3][4]

Description

S. klauberi is oviparous,[3] laying between 13–15 eggs. Adults have a median snout–vent length of 14.4 cm (5.7 in).[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Montgomery, C.E.; Hollingsworth, B.; Kartje, M.; Reynoso, V.H. (2019). "Sauromalus klauberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T174483A1414907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T174483A1414907.en. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    Shaw, Charles E. (1941). "A new chuckwalla from Santa Catalina Island, Gulf of California, Mexico". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 9 (28): 285–288. (Sauromalus klauberi, new species).
  3. [3]
    Sauromalus klauberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 March 2024.
  4. [4]
    Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sauromalus klauberi, p. 143).


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