Urosaurus gadovi

Urosaurus gadovi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Urosaurus
Species:	U. gadovi
Binomial name
Urosaurus gadovi (Schmidt, 1921)
Synonyms[2]
Uta gadovi Schmidt, 1921 Urosaurus gadovi — Mittleman, 1942

Urosaurus gadovi, also known commonly as Gadow's tree lizard and el arborícola de Gadow in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, gadovi, is in honor of German ornithologist Hans Friedrich Gadow.[3]

Geographic range

U. gadovi is found in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Jalisco, and Michoacán.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of U. gadovi is forest.[1]

Description

The ventral surface of the body of U. gadovi is blue in both males and females.[2]

Reproduction

U. gadovi is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Ponce-Campos, P.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Urosaurus gadovi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
2. Urosaurus gadovi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 January 2015.
3. 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. (Urosaurus gadovi, 96).

Further reading

• Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of México". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–59. (Urosaurus gadovi, p. 31).
• Mittleman MB (1942). "A Summary of the Iguanid Genus Urosaurus ". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 91 (2): 105–181. (Urosaurus gadovi, new combination, pp. 154–156).
• Schmidt KP (1921). "New Species of North American Lizards of the Genera Holbrookia and Uta ". American Museum Novitates (22): 1–6. (Uta gadovi, new species, pp. 3–4).
• Smith HM, Taylor EH (1950). "An Annotated Checklist and Key to the Reptiles of Mexico Exclusive of the Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (199): 1–253. (Urosaurus gadovi, p. 145).