Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii

Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, commonly known as the Coast Range fence lizard, is a subspecies of Sceloporus occidentalis, the Western fence lizard.

Geographic range

This taxon, S. o. bocourtii, is found in the state of California, from Sonoma County south to Santa Barbara County.

Taxonomy

The subspecies S. o. bocourtii is in the family Phrynosomatidae, North American spiny lizards.

Etymology

The subspecific name, bocourtii, is in honor of French herpetologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.

See also

• Great Basin fence lizard
• Island fence lizard
• Northwestern fence lizard
• Sierra fence lizard

References

External links

• Hogan, C. Michael (2008). "Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)". Globaltwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromberg https://web.archive.org/web/20120213134001/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_info.asp?thingid=55037.
• ITIS report: Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii (1996).

Further reading

• Bell, Edwin L. (1954). "A Preliminary Report on the Subspecies of the Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, and its Relationships to the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus ". Herpetologica 10 (1): 31–36. (Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, new combination).
• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. ("Sceloporus undulatus Var. bocourtii ", new variation, p. 229).
• Smith, Hobart M.; Brodie, Edmund D., Jr. (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. , paperback; , hardcover. (Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii, p. 122).