''Sceloporus torquatus'', the crevice swift, is a species of lizard in the family

Phrynosomatidae The Phrynosomatidae are a diverse family of lizards, sometimes classified as a subfamily (Phrynosomatinae), found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada. Many members of the group are adapted to life in hot, sandy deserts, although the spiny ...

Naming

The subspecies ''Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni'' was named by

Hobart Muir Smith Hobart Muir Smith, born Frederick William Stouffer (September 26, 1912 – March 4, 2013), was an Americans, American Herpetology, herpetologist. He is credited with describing more than 100 new species of American reptiles and amphibians. I ...

and José Ticul Álvarez in honor of

professor emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retirement, retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". ...

of English, Michael J. Preston.

References

{{Authority control Sceloporus Endemic reptiles of Mexico Reptiles described in 1828 Taxa named by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann