| 词条 | Banded rock lizard |
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| name = Banded rock lizard | image = Petrosaurus mearnsi.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | genus = Petrosaurus | species = mearnsi | authority = (Stejneger, 1894) | synonyms = *Uta mearnsi {{small|Stejneger, 1894}}
| synonyms_ref =[2] }} The banded rock lizard (Petrosaurus mearnsi ) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[2] The species is native to western North America. EtymologyThe specific name, mearnsi, is in honor of American naturalist Edgar Alexander Mearns, who collected the first specimens.[3][4] Geographic rangeP. mearnsi is endemic to extreme southern California and Baja California, Mexico.[5] It also occurs on Isla El Muerto.[1]DescriptionP. mearnsi is an extremely flat-bodied lizard. Its dorsum is olive, brown or gray, with white or bluish spots. It has a single black collar, a banded tail, and granular scales on its body, with keeled tail and limb scales. Individuals may be {{convert|6.2|to|8.7|cm|in|abbr=on}} long snout-to-vent. Males have more pronounced throat patterns and brighter blue coloring than females.[6]HabitatP. mearnsi is associated with boulder hillsides,[6] extending in Baja California to chaparral and pinyon-juniper woodlands.[1]DietP. mearnsi is omnivorous, feeding not only on insects and spiders, but also on buds and flowers.[7]ReproductionGravid females of P. mearnsi lay eggs from June through August. Clutch size varies from 2 to 6 eggs.[7] References1. ^1 2 {{cite journal|author=Hollingsworth B, Hammerson GA|title=Petrosaurus mearnsi |journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|volume=2007|page=e.T64067A12741153|year=2007|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64067A12741153.en}} 2. ^1 {{NRDB species|genus=Petrosaurus|species=mearnsi|accessdate=7 June 2016}} 3. ^Beltz, Ellin (2006). Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained. ebeltz.net/herps/biogappx.html. 4. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Petrosaurus mearnsi, p. 174). 5. ^Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. {{ISBN|0-307-13666-3}} (paperback). (Streptosaurus mearnsi, pp. 110-111). 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.werc.usgs.gov/ProjectSubWebPage.aspx?SubWebPageID=54&ProjectID=75&List=SubWebPages&Web=Project_75&Title=A%20Field%20Guide%20to%20the%20Reptiles%20and%20Amphibians%20of%20Coastal%20Southern%20California|title=Petrosaurus mearnsi — Banded Rock Lizard|author1=Fisher, Robert|author2=Case, Ted J.|year=|work=A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Coastal Southern California|publisher=U.S. Geological Survey|accessdate=7 June 2016}} 7. ^1 Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. xiii + 533 pp. {{ISBN|0-395-98272-3}} (paperback). (Petrosaurus mearnsi, pp. 298-299 + Plate 32 + Map 100). Source
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5 : Phrynosomatidae|Reptiles described in 1894|Reptiles of Mexico|Reptiles of the United States|Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands |
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