Phrynosomatidae

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Name (Latin)

Phrynosomatidae

Other forms of name

Phrynosomatid lizards

Phrynosomatids

Sceloporine lizards

Sceloporines

Wikidata: Q852822

Library of congress: sh 96008315

Sources of Information

Frost, D.R. A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of iguanian lizards (Reptilia:Squamata), 1989:p. 41 (Phrynosomatidae. Content: Callisaurus, Holbrookia (including Cophosaurus), Petrosaurus, Phrynosoma, Sceloporus (including Sator), Uma, Urosaurus, Uta). "Phrynosomatidae corresponds to the 'sceloporines' of Savage (1958), Etheridge (1964), Presch (1969), and Etheridge and de Queiroz (1988).")
De Queiroz, K. Iguania [CF], c1996:title screen (Phrynosomatidae)
Conant, R. A field guide to reptiles and amphibians, 1991:p. 98 (Earless, Spiny, Tree, Side-blotched, and Horned lizards: family Phrynosomatidae)
Phone call to Herpetology Dept., Calif. Acad. of Sci., July 12, 1996(CAS recognizes all the new families proposed by Frost and Etheridge in 1989 with the exception of the merger of Agamidae into Chamaeleonidae)

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