Collins JT (1991). «Viewpoint: a new taxonomic arrangement for some North American amphibians and reptiles». Herpetological Review22(2): 42-43. PDF fulltext
Grismer LL[fr] (1994). «Three new species of intertidal side-blotched lizards (Genus Uta) from the Gulf of California, Mexico». Herpetologica50: 451—474.
Murphy, Robert W.; Aguirre-León, Gustavo (2002). «The Nonavian Reptiles: Origins and Evolution». pp. 181—220. In: Case, Ted J.; Cody, Martin L.; Ezcurra, Exequiel (editors) (2002). A New Island Biogeography of the Sea of Cortés. New York: Oxford University Press. 690 pp. ISBN 0-19-513346-3. PDF fulltextAppendices 2-4
Upton, Darlene E.; Murphy, Robert W. (1997). «Phylogeny of the Side-Blotched Lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Uta) Based on mtDNA Sequences: Support for a Midpeninsular Seaway in Baja California». Mol. Phyl. Evol.8 (1): 104—113. DOI:10.1006/mpev.1996.0392PDF fulltext