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Sauromalus klauberi
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Iguanidae
Genus:	Sauromalus
Species:	S. klauberi
Binomial name
Sauromalus klauberi Shaw, 1941

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 The species was first described in 1941.

Geographic range and habitat

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

Etymology

S. klauberi is named in honor of Laurence Monroe Klauber, an American amateur naturalist.

Description

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

References

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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).
3. ^ Sauromalus klauberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 March 2024.
4. 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).

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