Dead side-blotched lizard
| Dead side-blotched lizard | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Uta |
| Species: | U. lowei
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| Binomial name | |
| Uta lowei L. Grismer, 1994
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The dead side-blotched lizard (Uta lowei), also known commonly as the El Muerto side-blotched lizard and la mancha lateral muerta in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sceloporinae of the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to Isla El Muerto, an island in the Gulf of California, Mexico.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, lowei, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Herbert Lowe.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]Uta lowei has strongly keeled dorsal scales, and is light gray to off-white ventrally. Adult males have a dorsal pattern of offset paravertebral dark blotches, with a dense network of turquoise spots.[2]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of Uta lowei is rocky areas of the marine intertidal zone, but it has also been found in rocky areas of inland desert.[1]
Diet
[edit | edit source]Uta lowei preys predominately upon isopods.[2]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ a b c d Uta lowei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 January 2015.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Uta lowei, p. 161).
Further reading
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