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Barisia jonesi

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Species of lizard

Barisia jonesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Barisia
Species: B. jonesi
Binomial name
Barisia jonesi
Guillette & H.M. Smith, 1982
Synonyms
  • Barisia imbricata jonesi
    Guillette & H.M. Smith, 1982
  • Barisia jonesi
    — H.M. Smith, Burg & Chiszar, 2002

Barisia jonesi, also known commonly as the imbricate alligator lizard, Jones' imbricate alligator lizard, and el escorpión de Jones in Mexican Spanish, is a species of medium-sized lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, jonesi, is in honor of American biologist Richard Evan Jones.

Geographic range

B. jonesi is found in the Mexican state of Michoacán.

References

  1. ^ Species Barisia jonesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Barisia jonesi, p. 136).

Further reading

  • Guillette LJ Jr, Smith HM (1982). "A Review of the Mexican Lizard Barisia imbricata, and the Description of a New Subspecies". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 85 (1): 13–33. (Barisia imbricata jonesi, new subspecies).
  • Smith HM, Burg TM, Chiszar D (2002). "Evolutionary Speciation in the Alligator Lizards of the Genus Barisia". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38 (1): 23-26. (Barisia ciliaris, new taxonomic status).
Taxon identifiers
Barisia jonesi


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