Urosaurus

Urosaurus

Taxobox
name = Tree and Bush Lizards



image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Urosaurus ornatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
familia = Phrynosomatidae
genus = "Urosaurus"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.
The North American genus "Urosaurus" (the Tree and Brush Lizards) belongs to the New World Iguanian family Phrynosomatidae. They can be distinguished from members of the genus "Sceloporus" by the presence of a gular (under neck) fold and granular lateral scales. They can be distinguished from members of the genus "Uta" by the presence of enlarged (sometimes only slightly) dorsal scales. It has been used as a model system in lizard life-history studies and populations produce two or more clutches of eggs per year (Michel 1976, Ballinger 1984). Field studies have also shown a cost of reproduction in a natural New Mexico population of the species "Urosaurus ornatus" (Landwer, 1994).

pecies

*"Urosaurus auriculatus"
*"Urosaurus bicarinatus"
*"Urosaurus clarionensis"
*"Urosaurus gadovi"
*"Urosaurus graciosus"
*"Urosaurus irregularis"
*"Urosaurus lahtelai"
*"Urosaurus nigricaudus"
*"Urosaurus ornatus"


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