Zebratail Lizard

Callisaurus draconoides

Summary 7

Zebra-tailed lizards (Callisaurus) are a genus of phrynosomatid lizards endemic to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Geographic range 8

Zebra-tailed lizards are native to the Nearctic region, occurring throughout the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Their geographic range includes the Mojave, Great Basin, and Colorado deserts. They are especially common in western Texas, southern California, Arizona, southern Utah, Nevada, and northern Mexico. Three subspecies of zebra-tailed lizards are recognized, which differ in their geographic range. Colorado zebra-tailed lizards occur in southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, southeastern California, and west Arizona. Northern or Nevada zebra-tailed lizards are found in central Colorado. Eastern or Arizona zebra-tailed lizards are distributed throughout central Arizona.

Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native )

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) David Bygott, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/86666094@N00/4377339295
  2. (c) David Bygott, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2795/4377339295_a7eb1c8763.jpg
  3. (c) dean_leavitt, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por dean_leavitt
  4. (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=612&one=T
  5. (c) 2002 California Academy of Sciences, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=110446&one=T
  6. (c) 1999 California Academy of Sciences, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=121&one=T
  7. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callisaurus_draconoides
  8. (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/18637242

Más información