Xantusia jaycolei

Xantusia jaycolei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Xantusiidae
Genus: Xantusia
Species:
X. jaycolei
Binomial name
Xantusia jaycolei
Bezy, Bezy & Bolles, 2008

Xantusia jaycolei is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is native to Mexico specifically inhabiting the rugged and biodiverse regions of the country.

Etymology

The specific name, jaycolei, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles J. "Jay" Cole.[1]

Geographic range

X. jaycolei is endemic to the Mexican state of Sonora.[2]

Reproduction

X. jaycolei is viviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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. (Xantusia jaycolei, p. 56).
  2. ^ a b Xantusia jaycolei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.

Further reading

  • Bezy RL, Bezy KB, Bolles K (2008). "Two New Species of Night Lizards (Xantusia) from Mexico". Journal of Herpetology 42 (4): 680–688. (Xantusia jaycolei, new species).
  • Bezy RL, Rosen PC, Van Devender TR, Enderson EF (2017). "Southern distributional limits of the Sonoran Desert herpeofauna along the mainland coast of northwestern Mexico". Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (1): 137–167. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Rorabaugh JC (2019). "A conservation checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Sonora, Mexico, with updated species lists". ZooKeys 829: 131–160.



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