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Yuman Desert Fringe-toed Lizard

Uma cowlesi

Classification

The Yuman Desert fringe-toed lizard (Uma cowlesi) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard endemic to northwestern Mexico, although a hybrid population of it and Uma notata ranges north to southwestern Arizona in the United States. Taxonomy This species has a confusing taxonomic history. Previously, it was referred to as Uma rufopunctata (described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1895), and was defined as ranging from the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona south to the Gran Desierto de Altar, and southeast from here through Puerto Penasco south to the Tepoca Bay.

Distribution

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