The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, MéxicoDuellman, William Edward
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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México
Duellman, William Edward
Amphibians -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo; Reptiles -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo
Angahuan (31); Araparicuaro; Capácuaro (3); Carapan (11);
Cerro Tancítaro; Cherán; Ciudad Hidalgo; Cojumatlán;
Copándaro (2); Corupu (4); Cuseño Station (9); El Álamo;
Jacona (6); Jiquilpan (2); Jungapeo (3); Lago de Camécuaro;
Lago de Chapala; Lago de Cuitzeo (3); La Palma (2); Los
Conejos (3); Los Reyes (3); Maravatio (9); Morelia (17);
Paracho (3); Pátzcuaro (27); Pino Gordo; Queréndaro (2);
Quiroga; Sahuayo (3); San José de la Cumbre; San Juan de
Panangaricutiro; Tacícuaro (10); Tancítaro (200);
Tangamandapio; Tangancícuaro (3); Temazcal (2); Tupátaro
(5); Uruapan (136); Zacapu; Zinapécuaro (10); Zirimícuaro
(12); Zitácuaro.
This large species inhabits the Mexican Plateau and the Cordillera
Volcánica, but not the Sierra de Coalcomán, where apparently it is
replaced by _Sceloporus bulleri_. _Sceloporus torquatus torquatus_
usually is found in pine or pine-fir forests at elevations between 1450
and 3000 meters. In many places it is almost entirely arboreal, but in
areas where there are many fallen trees or rock fences and rock piles,
many individuals have been found on the ground near the rocks or logs.
In the coniferous forests this species is associated with _S. grammicus
microtepidotus_ and _S. aeneus aeneus_.
The distinction made by Smith (1938:572) between the subspecies _S.
torquatus torquatus_ and _melanogaster_ is slight. Individuals with pale
bluish spots are found throughout the range of the species in Michoacán;
spotting is especially evident in the young. Individuals having an
incomplete nuchal collar have been found at Maravatio and at Zinapécuaro
in the northern part of the state; in this character these specimens
resemble _S. torquatus melanogaster_, which is found to the north from
Guanajuato to Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí.
~Sceloporus utiformis~ Cope
_Sceloporus utiformis_ Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 16:177, September 30, 1864.--Colima, Colima,
México.
Nineteen km. S of Arteaga (2); Cascada Tzararacua (17);
Coahuayana (3); Coalcomán (6); El Sabino (2); El Ticuiz (2);
Ostula (3); Pómaro; Río Cachán; San Juan de Lima; Uruapan
(26).
In Michoacán the range of this species is discontinuous. It has been
found between 1050 and 1550 meters on the slopes of the Cordillera
Volcánica, and on the coast and seaward slopes of the Sierra de
Coalcomán up to an elevation of 900 meters. It is absent from the
Tepalcatepec Valley. At Uruapan and at Cascada Tzararacua this lizard
was found on the ground in oak forest or in open pine-oak forest; on the
coast and foothills of the Sierra de Coalcomán it was found on the
ground in the gallery forests along streams, and not in the scrub
forest.
~Urosaurus bicarinatus tuberculatus~ (Schmidt)
_Uta tuberculata_ Schmidt, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 22:4,
December 1, 1921.--Colima, Colima, México.
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