Urosaurus graciosus
Hallowell, 1854
ur-oh-SORE-us — graw-see-OH-sus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Haenel (2017, Molecular Ecology 26: 606–623) documented introgression of U. ornatus mtDNA into some sympatric populations of U. graciosus.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Slender Lizard (Uta graciosa: Cooper, James G. 1869. The fauna of California and its geographical distribution. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4():61-81); Graceful Uta (Uta graciosa: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Long-tailed Uta (Uta graciosa: Van Denburgh, John. 1897. The reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An account of the species known to inhabit California, and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 5():9-236); Long-tailed Uta (Uta (Urosaurus) graciosa: Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1854
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Hallowell, Edward. Descriptions of new reptiles from California. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:91–97
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1988
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Vitt, Laurie J. and Dickson, Nancy A. Urosaurus graciosus Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (448):1-3
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1993
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Wiens, John J. Phylogenetic systematics of the tree lizards (Genus Urosaurus). Herpetologica 49(4):399-420
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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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2017
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Bezy, Robert L., Philip C. Rosen, Thomas R. Van Devender, and Erik F. Enderson. Southern distributional limits of the Sonoran Desert herpetofauna
along the mainland coast of northwestern Mexico Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(1):138-167
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