Fence iguanas ( Sceloporus ) are a genus of the lizards of the family Phrynosomatidae , living in North America. Another name is "spiky iguanas."
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 Western fence iguana | ||||||||||||||
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| Sceloporus Wiegmann , 1828 |
Content
Appearance and build
The total length reaches 50 cm. The head is blunt, widened behind. The body is dense, cylindrical, the tail is gradually thinning. The body is covered with large ribbed scales with spikes, especially the spikes on the tail. From here comes another name for this genus. Have a bright color - brown, bronze. Males are brighter than females. On the back and on the sides there are correctly arranged transverse and longitudinal stripes and lines that can change color.
Lifestyle and nutrition
They like dry, stony semi-deserts, rocks, scrub thickets and forests. Often found on hedges and fences. Hence the name of these animals. The peculiarity of the behavior is that when meeting with other lizards they strongly and often shake their heads, at the same time squat on their front paws. The oscillation frequency is different in different species. They feed on insects and other invertebrates, as well as seeds, leaves, small lizards.
Reproduction
These lizards are egg-laying, but there are also viviparous.
Spread
Endemics of North America, especially many species are found in the United States.
Types
More than 90 species of this genus are currently organized into 21 species groups [1] :
- Sceloporus acanthinus
- Sceloporus adleri
- Sceloporus aeneus
- Sceloporus anahuacus
- Sceloporus angustus
- Sceloporus arenicolus
- Sceloporus asper
- Sceloporus aurantius [2]
- Sceloporus aureolus
- Sceloporus becki
- Sceporus bicanthalis
- Sceloporus bulleri
- Sceloporus caeruleus
- Sceloporus carinatus
- Sceloporus cautus
- Sceloporus chaneyi
- Sceporus chrysostictus
- Sceloporus clarkii
- Sceloporus couchii
- Sceloporus consobrinus
- Sceloporus couchii
- Sceloporus cowlesi
- Sceloporus cozumelae
- Sceloporus cryptus
- Sceloporus cupreus
- Sceloporus cyanostictus [3]
- Blue spiny iguana [4] ( Sceloporus cyanogenys )
- Sceloporus druckercolini
- Sceloporus dugesii
- Sceloporus edwardtaylori
- Sceloporus exsul
- Sceloporus formosus
- Sceloporus gadovae
- Sceloporus goldmani
- Sceloporus graciosus
- Sceporus grammicus
- Sceloporus grandaevus
- Sceloporus heterolepis
- Sceloporus horridus
- Sceloporus hunsakeri
- Sceloporus insignis
- Sceloporus jalapae
- Sceloporus jarrovii
- Sceloporus lemosespinali
- Sceloporus licki
- Sceloporus lineatulus
- Sceloporus lunae
- Sceloporus lundelli
- Sceloporus macdougalli
- Sceloporus maculosus
- Sceloporus magister
- Sceloporus malachiticus
- Sceloporus megalepidurus
- Sceloporus melanorhinus
- Sceloporus merriami
- Sceloporus minor [3]
- Sceloporus monserratensis
- Sceloporus mucronatus
- Sceloporus nelsoni
- Sceloporus oberon [3]
- Western fence iguana [4] ( Sceloporus occidentalis )
- Sceloporus ochoterenae
- Sceloporus olivaceus
- Sceloporus omiltemanus
- Sceloporus orcutti
- Sceloporus ornatus
- Sceloporus palaciosi
- Sceloporus parvus
- Sceloporus poinsettii
- Sceloporus pyrocephalus
- Sceloporus rufidorsum
- Sceloporus salvini
- Sceloporus samcolemani
- Sceloporus scalaris
- Sceloporus serrifer
- Sceloporus siniferus
- Sceloporus slevini
- Sceloporus smaragdinus
- Sceloporus smithi
- Sceloporus spinosus
- Sceloporus squamosus
- Sceloporus stejnegeri
- Sceloporus subniger
- Sceloporus subpictus
- Sceloporus sugillatus [3]
- Sceloporus taeniocnemis
- Sceloporus tanneri
- Sceloporus teapensis
- Sceloporus torquatus
- Sceporus tristichus
- Sceloporus undulatus
- Sceloporus utiformis
- Sceloporus vandenburgianus
- Sceloporus variabilis
- Sceporus virgatus
- Sceloporus woodi
- Sceloporus zosteromus
Notes
- ↑ Search results | The Reptile Database
- ↑ JARED A. GRUMMER & ROBERT W. BRYSON, JR. A new species of bunchgrass lizard (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from Sierra Madre Occidental , Mexico . http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03790p450f.pdf
- 2 1 2 3 4 Wiens, John J. & Penkrot, Tonya A. (2002) "Delimiting the Species of Limbs in Spiny Lizards ( Sceloporus )." Syst. Biol. 51 (1): 69–91. DOI : 10.1080 / 106351502753475880
- ↑ 1 2 Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I. S. , Orlov N. L. A five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V.E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., 1988. - p. 219. - 10 500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
Literature
- Werning, Heiko: Stachelleguane, Natur und Tier-Verlag, ISBN 3-931587-13-4
- Dictionary of Dovіdnik іz zoologіі. - K., 2002.