Barisia jonesi
| Barisia jonesi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Genus: | Barisia |
| Species: | B. jonesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Barisia jonesi Guillette & H.M. Smith, 1982
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Barisia jonesi, also known commonly as the imbricate alligator lizard, Jones' imbricate alligator lizard, and el escorpión de Jones in Mexican Spanish, is a species of medium-sized lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, jonesi, is in honor of American biologist Richard Evan Jones.[2]
Geographic range
B. jonesi is found in the Mexican state of Michoacán.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Species Barisia jonesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Barisia jonesi, p. 136).
Further reading
- Guillette LJ Jr, Smith HM (1982). "A Review of the Mexican Lizard Barisia imbricata, and the Description of a New Subspecies". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 85 (1): 13–33. (Barisia imbricata jonesi, new subspecies).
- Smith HM, Burg TM, Chiszar D (2002). "Evolutionary Speciation in the Alligator Lizards of the Genus Barisia". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38 (1): 23-26. (Barisia ciliaris, new taxonomic status).