Side-blotched lizard

Common side spot Iguana ( Uta stansburiana ), female

The lateral spot iguanas ( Uta ) is a genus belonging to the iguana -like Phrynosomatidae, which mainly inhabit the sandy- rocky dry areas of North America.

Species

The first description of the lateral spot iguanas upon in 1862 by the zoologist Baird and Gerard in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, the type species as described and at the same time first species of the genus Uta the Commons lateral spot Iguana ( Uta stansburiana ). The naming of the genus Uta performed according to the state of Utah, in which the animal was discovered.

There are now several species are known:

  • Common side spot Iguana ( Uta stansburiana ) Baird & Girard 1852
  • Uta concinna Dickerson 1919
  • Uta encantadae Grismer 1994
  • Uta lowei Grismer 1994
  • Uta nolascensis Van Denburgh & Slevin 1921
  • Uta palmeri Stejneger 1890
  • Uta squamata Dickerson 1919
  • Uta Schmidt stejnegeri 1921
  • Uta tumidarostra Grismer 1994
Spencer Fullerton Baird Common side-blotched lizard
721641
de