Sceloporus angustus

Sceloporus angustus, the Isla Santa Cruz sator, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard[3][4] found on Isla Santa Cruz and Isla San Diego in the Gulf of California, Baja California Sur, Mexico,[5] where it exploits a great variety of temperate habitats, such as rocky areas, caves along beaches, areas of beach cobblestones, and sandy substrates. It is also seen on the branches of small bushes and the limbs of cardones (cacti).[6]

Santa Cruz Island sator
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. angustus
Binomial name
Sceloporus angustus
(Dickerson, 1919)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Sator angustus
    Dickerson, 1919
  • Sceloporus angustus
    — Liner & Casas-Andreu, 2008

References
  1. Biolib.cz Czech Rep.
  2. "Sceloporus angustus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Zipcodezoo.com
  4. Uniprot.org
  5. The Reptile Database.org
  6. Zipcodezoo.com

Further reading
  • Dickerson MC (1919). "Diagnoses of twenty-three new species and a new genus of lizards from Lower California". Bull. American Mus. Nat. Hist. 41 (10): 461–477. (Sator angustus, new species, p. 469).


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