Sceloporus merriami
Stejneger, 1904
see-lop-ER-rus — mer-ee-AM-ai
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Given the small geographic distributions and close geographic proximity of the proposed subspecies, as well as the minor morphological differences and areas of intergradation between them (see Olson 1979, Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 227.1), those subspecies should be reevaluated with the addition of genetic data.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas
First instance(s) of published English names:
Canyon Lizard (Sceloporus merriami: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Big Bend Canyon Lizard (Sceloporus merriami annulatus: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Merriam's Canyon Lizard (Sceloporus merriami merriami: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1904
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Stejneger, Leonhard H. A new lizard from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17:17-20
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1971
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Cole, Charles J. Karyotypes of five monotypic species groups of lizards in the genus Sceloporus. American Museum Novitates (2450):1-17
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1979
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Olson, R. Earl. Sceloporus merriami. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (227):1-2
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1992
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Sites, Jack W., Jr., J. W. Archie, C. J. Cole, and O. Flores Villela. A review of phylogenetic hypotheses for lizards of the genus Sceloporus (Phrynosomatidae): Implications for ecological and evolutionary studies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (213):1-110
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1993
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Wiens, John J. Phylogenetic relationships of phrynosomatid lizards and monophyly of the Sceloporus group. Copeia 1993(2):287-299
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2010
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Wiens, John J., Caitlin A. Kuczynski, Saad Arif, and Tod W. Reeder. Phylogenetic relationships of phrynosomatid lizards based on nuclear and mitochondrial data, and a revised phylogeny for Sceloporus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54:150-161
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2010
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Leaché, Adam D. and Jack W. Sites. Chromosome evolution and diversification in North American Spiny Lizards (genus Sceloporus). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 127(2-4):166-191
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2010
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Leaché, Adam D. Species trees for spiny lizards (Genus Sceloporus): Identifying points of concordance and conflict between nuclear and mitochondrial data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2010(54):162-171
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2013
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Lambert, Shea M. and John J. Wiens. Evolution of viviparity: A phylogenetic test of the cold-climate hypothesis in Phrynosomatid lizards. Evolution 67(9):2614–2630
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