A Contribution to the Superspecies Concept of the Lizard Sceloporus undulatus: S. U. Belli, A Species

Because of sympatry with Sceloporus undulatus speari, the absence of any convincing evidence of intergradation with that subspecies or with S. u. consobrinus (the only adjacent subspecies of S. undulatus), and the consistent maintenance of its prominent distinctive characteristics throughout its ran...

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Published in:The Southwestern naturalist 1998-03, Vol.43 (1), p.20-24
Main Authors: Lemos-Espinal, Julio A., Smith, Hobart M., Ballinger, Royce E., Smith, Geoffrey R., Chiszar, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Airlines
Biology
Female animals
Lizards
Male animals
Reptiles
Species
Sympatry
Taxa
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Summary:Because of sympatry with Sceloporus undulatus speari, the absence of any convincing evidence of intergradation with that subspecies or with S. u. consobrinus (the only adjacent subspecies of S. undulatus), and the consistent maintenance of its prominent distinctive characteristics throughout its range, we conclude that the population formerly designated as S. u. belli is properly ranked as a species, S. belli./// Debido a la simpatría con Sceloporus u. speari, la ausencia de cualquier evidencia convincente de intergradación con ésta subespecie o con S. u. consobrinus (las únicas subespecies de S. undulatus con quien es parapátrica), y el mantenimiento consistente de sus características prominentes distintivas a lo largo de su distribución, concluimos que la población anteriormente designada como S. u. belli es una especie, S. belli.
ISSN:0038-4909