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| Great Basin fence lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
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| Subspecies: | S. o. longipes
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| Trinomial name | |
| Sceloporus occidentalis longipes Baird, 1859
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Sceloporus occidentalis longipes is a subspecies of the western fence lizard,[1] commonly called the Great Basin fence lizard. Several subspecies of the western fence lizard, a species of phrynosomatid lizard, are found in the far western part of North America.[2]
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Adult, Malibu, California -
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Adult, Joshua Tree National Park
See also
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[edit]References
[edit]- Hobart M. Smith (1995) Handbook of Lizards: Lizards of the United States and of Canada, Cornell University Press, 557 pages ISBN 0-8014-8236-4
- C. Michael Hogan (2008) "Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)", Globaltwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromberg [1]
- "Great Basin Fence Lizard - Sceloporus occidentalis longipes". californiaherps.com. Retrieved 19 May 2014.