Sauromalus klauberi

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Sauromalus klauberi, commonly called the Catalina chuckwalla or the spotted chuckwalla, is a species of chuckwalla, a lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is endemic to Mexico^[1]^[3] The species was first described in 1941.^[2]

Geographic range and habitat

S. klauberi is endemic to Isla Santa Catalina in Baja California, Mexico.^[1]^[3] Adults occur primarily on rocky hillsides, on bluffs, and in arroyo bottoms.^[1]

S. klauberi is named in honor of Laurence Monroe Klauber, an American amateur naturalist.^[3]^[4]

S. klauberi is oviparous,^[3] laying between 13–15 eggs. Adults have a median snout–vent length of 14.4 cm (5.7 in).^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Montgomery, C.E.; Hollingsworth, B.; Kartje, M.; Reynoso, V.H. (2019). "Sauromalus klauberi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T174483A1414907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T174483A1414907.en. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b Shaw, Charles E. (1941). "A new chuckwalla from Santa Catalina Island, Gulf of California, Mexico". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 9 (28): 285–288. (Sauromalus klauberi, new species).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sauromalus klauberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 March 2024.
^ 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. (Sauromalus klauberi, p. 143).

Extant species

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Cachryx	Campeche spinytail iguana Yucatán spinytail iguana
Conolophus	Galapagos land iguana Galapagos pink land iguana Santa Fe land iguana
Ctenosaura	Northeastern spinytail iguana Utila iguana Balsas armed lizard Yellowback spinytail iguana Cape spinytail iguana Honduran paleate spinytail iguana Oaxacan spinytail iguana Roatán spinytail iguana Guatemalan spinytail iguana Ctenosaura pectinata Club tail iguana Black spinytail iguana
Cyclura	Turks and Caicos rock iguana Jamaican iguana Rhinoceros iguana Northern Bahamian rock iguana Grand Cayman blue iguana Cuban iguana Lesser Caymans iguana Anegada ground iguana Ricord's iguana San Salvador iguana Mona ground iguana
Dipsosaurus	Desert iguana Catalina desert iguana
Iguana	Green iguana Lesser Antillean iguana
Sauromalus	Common chuckwalla Angel Island chuckwalla Monserrat chuckwalla San Esteban chuckwalla Spotted chuckwalla

Taxon identifiers
Sauromalus klauberi	Wikidata: Q5314588 Wikispecies: Sauromalus klauberi ADW: Sauromalus_klauberi CoL: 6Y3LT GBIF: 2459708 iNaturalist: 35339 IRMNG: 10729587 ITIS: 1056078 IUCN: 174483 NCBI: 767358 Observation.org: 103009 Open Tree of Life: 586309 RD: klauberi

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