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Preston's Torquate Lizard

Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni

Classification

Sceloporus mikeprestoni, Preston's torquate lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is endemic to Mexico. Taxonomy Originally described as a subspecies, Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni, it was recognized as a species in a study published in 2021 based on an integrative analysis of molecular data, environmental niche modeling, and morphological characters.

Distribution

(c) Konstantin Grebennikov, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 4