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Phrynosoma taurus  Bocourt in A. M. C. Duméril and Bocourt, 1870
Taxonomic Serial No.: 585965

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Lagartija-cornuda toro o mexicana [Spanish]
  
    Mexican Horned Lizard [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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 taurus Bocourt in A. M. C. Duméril and Bocourt, 1870 – Lagartija-cornuda toro o mexicana, Mexican Horned Lizard  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Phrynosoma taurus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Phrynosoma taurus   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Lagartija-cornuda toro o mexicana[Spanish]   
       
  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 taurus, Mexican Horned Lizard [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Phrynosoma taurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar, César A. Ríos-Muñoz, Gloria E. Magaña-Cota, and Néstor L. Quezadas-Tapia  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Alfredo Dugès' type specimens of amphibians and reptiles revisited   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 4092, no. 1   
  Page(s): 33-54   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.2   
  Reference for: Phrynosoma taurus   
       

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

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Variously attributed to Dugès (anywhere from 1868 to 1875), although the name was first technically made available by Bocourt in 1870. See Flores-Villela et al. (2016:48-50)  
 

 

    

 
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