Uma scoparia

Uma scoparia

Taxobox
name = Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard
status =
status_system =


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Iguania
familia = Phrynosomatidae
genus = "Uma"
species = "U. scoparia"
binomial = "Uma scoparia"
binomial_authority = Cope, 1894

The Mojave fringe-toed lizard ("Uma scoparia"), is a medium sized, white or grayish, black-spotted diurnal lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is adapted to living in sand dunes in the Mojave Desert. It ranges from Los Angeles County, Riverside County, and San Bernardino County in California to extreme west Arizona in La Paz County. The Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard is omnivorous. [cite web|title=Uma scoparia - Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard |url=http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/u.scoparia.html |publisher=CaliforniaHerps.com |accessdate=2008-09-02]

See also

* Dumont Dunes

References

External Links

* [http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/u.scoparia.html CaliforniaHerps.com page for Mojave fringe-toed lizard.] Includes detailed description and photos.
* [http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/reptiles/Mojave_fringe-toed_lizard/index.html Center for Biological Diversity page for Mojave fringe-toed lizard.] Discusses basis and recent history of efforts to protect the lizard.


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