Yuman Desert Fringe-toed Lizard
Uma rufopunctata
Range description 3
This species is restricted to a limited area in extreme southwestern United States and extreme northwestern Mexico. The range includes scattered areas of suitable habitat in southwestern Arizona (south of the Gila River; mainly in the Mohawk and Yuma dune systems, Yuma County, and the Pinta Sands, Pima County) and northwestern Sonora south to at least Tepoca Bay (Pough 1977, Stebbins 2003). In Arizona, the known elevational range is 49 to 275 m asl.
Iucn red list assessment 4
Red List Category
NT
Near Threatened
Red List Criteria
Version
3.1
Year Assessed
2007
Assessor/s
Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Gadsden, H.
Reviewer/s
Cox, N., Chanson, J.S. & Stuart, S.N. (Global Reptile Assessment Coordinating Team)
Contributor/s
Justification
Listed as Near Threatened since the species depends on areas of wind-blown sand, and so its area of occupancy is probably not much greater than 2,000 km², and the extent and quality of its habitat is declining, thus making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable under criterion B2ab(iii).
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) 2012 Adam G. Clause, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=425857&one=T
- (c) Christine Hass, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Christine Hass
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28364491
- (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28364490
