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Phrynosoma ornatissimum  Girard, 1858
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1056469

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Phrynosoma douglassii ornatissimum Girard, 1858
  
    Tapaya ornatissima (Girard, 1858)
  
    Phrynosoma douglasii ornatissimum Girard, 1858
  
  Common Name(s): Desert Short-horned Lizard [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyPhrynosomatidae  – North American Spiny Lizards  
                                  SubfamilyPhrynosomatinae   
                                     GenusPhrynosoma Wiegmann, 1828 – Horned Lizards  
                                        SpeciesPhrynosoma ornatissimum Girard, 1858 – Desert Short-horned Lizard  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Subspecies Phrynosoma ornatissimum brachycercum H. M. Smith, 1942 – Short-tail Short-horned Lizard 
                                           Subspecies Phrynosoma ornatissimum ornatissimum Girard, 1958 – Desert Short-horned Lizard 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Phrynosoma ornatissimum, Desert Short-horned Lizard [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Girard, Charles F.  
  Publication Date: 1858   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Vol. 20. Herpetology   
  Page(s): 492   
  Publisher: C. Sherman & Son   
  Publication Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   
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  Notes: Available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/usexex19_30select.cfm   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Montanucci, Richard R.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: A taxonomic revision of the Phrynosoma douglasii species complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 4015, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-177   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4015.1.1   
  Reference for: Phrynosoma ornatissimum   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: While Girard (1858: 396) lists 'Tapaya ornatissima,' he considers Tapaya to be a subgenus of genus Phrynosoma (see p. 394); therefore the original combination for this epithet is Phrynosoma ornatissima  
 

 

    

 
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