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Sceloporus undulatus (eastern fence lizard)

Reptilia - Iguanidae

Taxonomy
Stellio undulatus was named by Bosc (1802) [in Latreille 1802: see Banta 1961]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Sceloporus undulatus by Cope (1875) and Holman (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. clarkii, S. horridus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Stellio undulatus Bosc
1875Sceloporus undulatus Cope p. 48
1974Sceloporus undulatus Holman p. 344

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—Pleurodonta(Cope 1864)
familyIguanidaeOppel 1811
genusSceloporusWiegmann 1828
speciesundulatus(Bosc 1802)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sceloporus undulatus Bosc 1802 [eastern fence lizard]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available