Grimser's collared lizard

Grimser's collared lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Crotaphytidae
Genus:Crotaphytus
Species: C. grismeri
Binomial name
Crotaphytus grismeri
McGuire, 1994[1]

Grimser's collared lizard (Crotaphytus grismeri ) is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to Baja California, Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, grismeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Larry Lee Grismer.[2]

Geographic range

In Baja California, C. grismeri is found in the Sierra de Los Cucapah and the contiguous Sierra El Mayor.[1]

Description

C. grismeri has bright colors which serve as a sort of camouflage.

Reproduction

C. grismeri is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Crotaphytus grismeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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. (Crotaphytus grismeri, pp. 108-109).

Further reading

McGuire, Jimmy A. (1994). "A New Species of Collared Lizard (Iguania: Crotaphytidae) from Northeastern Baja California, México". Herpetologica 51 (4): 438-450 (Crotaphytus grismeri, new species).


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