| 词条 | Gulf Coast horned lizard |
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| name = Gulf Coast horned lizard | genus = Phrynosoma | species = wigginsi | authority = Montanucci, 2004 }} The Gulf Coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma wigginsi ) is a species of horned lizards native to Baja California, Mexico. TaxonomyPhrynosoma wigginsi was split from Phrynosoma coronatum in 2004 on morphological evidence. P. wigginsi has a tan rather than chocolate forehead, a fourth "subrictal" spine below the eye, and a longer head than P. coronatum. EtymologyThe specific name, wigginsi, is in honor of Stanford University botanist Ira Loren Wiggins, who in 1946 collected what later became the holotype.[1][2] Geographic rangeThe geographic range of P. wigginsi is restricted to the region around Mulegé and Loreto on the Gulf Coast side of Baja California Sur, specifically the eastern side of the Sierra de Guadalupe and Sierra de La Giganta.[1] HabitatP. wigginsi lives in similar coastal desert habitats to its close relative P. coronatum, but unlike more distantly related members of the genus. This alignment has been used to illustrate the principle of niche conservatism.[3] It preys on ants and other invertebrates, and, like other Phrynosomatid lizards, has the remarkable ability to squirt blood from its eyes as a defense.[4]References1. ^1 {{Cite journal | doi = 10.1655/02-100| title = Geographic Variation in Phrynosoma coronatum (Lacertilia, Phrynosomatidae): Further Evidence for a Peninsular Archipelago| journal = Herpetologica| volume = 60| issue = 1 | pages = 117–139| year = 2004| last1 = Montanucci | first1 = Richard R. }} (Phrynosoma wigginsi, new species). 2. ^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}}. (Phrynosoma wigginsi, p. 285). 3. ^{{cite journal|doi= 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01779.x|pmid= 19538346|title= Assessing concurrent patterns of environmental niche and morphological evolution among species of horned lizards (Phrynosoma)|journal= Journal of Evolutionary Biology|volume= 22|issue= 8|pages= 1669|year= 2009|last1= Luxbacher|first1= A. M.|last2= Knouft|first2= J. H.}} 4. ^{{cite journal|author1=Sherbrooke, Wade C. |author2=Rodriguez, Chris |year=2010|title= Defensive blood-squirting behavior of Phrynosoma braconnieri (Short-tailed Horned Lizard)|journal= Herpetological Review|volume= 41|issue=2|pages=226–227}} External links
3 : Phrynosomatidae|Reptiles of Mexico|Reptiles described in 2004 |
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