Sceloporus merriami

Taxobox
name = Canyon Lizard
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Iguania
familia = Phrynosomatidae
genus = "Sceloporus"
species = "S. merriami"
binomial = "Sceloporus merriami"
binomial_authority = Stejneger, 1904

The Canyon Lizard ("Sceloporus merriami") is a species of lizard native to the southern United States in the state of Texas, and northern Mexico in the states of Coahuila, Durango and Chihuahua. The epithet "merriami" is in honor of American zoologist Clinton Hart Merriam. ^{[http://ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html]}

Subspecies

There are seven recognized subspecies of "S. merriami":

*Big Bend Canyon Lizard, "Sceloporus merriami annulatus" (Smith, 1937)
*Southeastern Canyon Lizard, "Sceloporus merriami australis" (Williams, Smith & Chrapliwy, 1960)
*Ballinger’s Canyon Lizard, "Sceloporus merriami ballingeri" (Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Auth & Chiszar, 2001)
*Presidio Canyon Lizard, "Sceloporus merriami longipunctatus" (Olson, 1973)
*Merriam's Canyon Lizard, "Sceloporus merriami merriami" (Stejneger, 1904)citation
url = http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/redalyc/pdf/575/57509006.pdf
title = An Annotated List of the Species-Group Names Applied to the Lizard Genus Sceloporus.
first1 = Edwin L.
last1 = Bell
first2 = Hobart M.
last2 = Smith
first3 = David
last3 = Chiszar
year = 2003
journal = Acta Zoologica Mexicana
volume = 90
pages = 103–174]
*Sanoja's Canyon Lizard, "Sceloporus merriami sanojae" (Lemos-Espinal & Chiszar, 2003)
*Williams’ Canyon Lizard, "Sceloporus merriami williamsi" (Lemos-Espinal, Chiszar & Smith, 2000)

Notes

References

*EMBL species|genus=Sceloporus|species=grammicus
* [http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/azm/documentos/90/F-Bell.pdf An Annotated List of the Species-Group Names Applied to the Lizard Genus "Sceloporus"] - PDF