''Aspidoscelis danheimae'', also known
commonly as the Isla San José whiptail, the San Jose Island blue-throated whiptail, and ''el huico de la Isla San José'' in Spanish, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Teiidae
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. The species is
endemic
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to
Isla San José in
Baja California Sur
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,
Mexico
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.
Etymology
The
specific name, ''danheimae'' (genitive, feminine), is in honor of American herpetologist
May Danheim Burt, who was the wife of the describer.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Aspidoscelis danheimae'', p. 64).]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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s of ''A. danheimae'' are shrubland
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, rocky areas, and sandy areas, including beach
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.
Reproduction
''A. danheimae'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings kno ...
.[
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References
Further reading
* Burt CE (1929). "The Genus of Teiid Lizards, ''Verticaria'' Cope
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, 1869, Considered as a Synonym of ''Cnemidophorus'' Wagler, 1830, with a Key to the Primitive Genera of the Teiidae". ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'' 42: 153–156. (''Cnemidophorus hyperythrus danheimae'', new name, p. 154).
* Grismer LL (1999). "Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of ''Cnemidophorus hyperythrus'' and ''C. ceralbensis'' (Squamata: Teiidae) in Baja California, México". ''Herpetologica'' 55 (1): 28–42. (''Cnemidophorus danheimae'', elevated to species status).
* Reeder TW, Cole CJ, Dessauer HC (2202). "Phylogenetic Relationships of Whiptail Lizards of the Genus ''Cnemidophorus'' (Squamata: Teiidae): A Test of Monophyly, Reevaluation of Karyotypic Evolution, and Review of Hybrid Origins". ''American Museum Novitates'' (3365): 1–61. (''Aspidoscelis danheimae'', new combination, p. 22).
* Van Denburgh J (1895). "A Review of the Herpetology of Lower California. Part I—Reptiles". ''Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Second Series'' 5: 77–162 + Plates IV–XIV. (''Verticaria sericea'', new species, pp. 132–133 + Plate XII, figures a–e).
danheimae
Reptiles described in 1929
Taxa named by Charles Earle Burt
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