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Taxonomy of the genus Desertum Biodiversity of the family Anguidae

Bibliography of the genus
Desertum (Desert Alligator Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Anguidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Desertum in general

Christenson, A.K. 1947. Feeding habits of Gerrhonotus. Herpetologica 4(1): 2.

Denburgh, J. van 1898. The Gerrhonotus of the San Lucan fauna, Lower California, with diagnosis of other West American species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1897: 63-66.

Fitch, H.S. 1938. A systematic account of the alligator lizards (Gerrhonotus) in the western United States and Lower California. American Midland Naturalist 20(2): 381-424.

Garcia-Vazquez, U.O.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A.; Bryson, R.W.; Schmidt-Ballardo, W.; Pavon-Vazquez, C.J. 2018. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the genus Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae). Journal of Biogeography 45(7): 1640-1652.

Good, D.A. 1988. Allozyme variation and phylogenetic relationships among the species of Elgaria (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetologica 44(2): 154-162.

Good, D.A. 1994. Species limits in the genus Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetological Monographs 8: 180-202.

Hoser, R.T. 2014. A logical new genus-level taxonomy for the Xenosauridae, Anniellidae, Diploglossidae and Anguidae (Squamata: Sauria). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 24: 20-64.

Smith, H.M. 1942. Mexican herpetological miscellany. 1. Six new species and subspecies of Sceloporus with a redefinition of the formosus group. 2. A new horned lizard from Durango. 3. A tentative arrangement and key to Mexican Gerrhonotus, with the description of a new race. 4. An unnamed Celestus from Mexico, with a key to the mainland species of the genus. 5. New xantusid lizards. 6. The Mexican subspecies of Drymobius margaritiferous. 7. Notes on Mexican Imantodes. 8. Two new snakes of the genus Clelia. 9. Additi Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92: 349-395.

Turcotte, R. 1968. The alligator lizards. Herpetology 2(2): 7.

Waddick, J.W.; Smith, H.M. 1974. The significance of scale characters in evaluation of the lizard genera Gerrhonotus, Elgaria and Barisia. Great Basin Naturalist 34(4): 257-266.

Wylie, F.H. 1949. Sound made by Gerrhonotus. Herpetologica 5(2): 44.

Desertum lazcanoi

Banda-Leal, J.; Nevarez-de los Reyes, M.; Bryson, R.W. 2017. A new species of pygmy alligator lizard (Squamata: Anguidae) from Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 51(2): 223-226.

Desertum lugoi

Garcia-Vazquez, U.O.; Garcia-Padilla, E.; Herrera-Enriquez, G.J. 2016. First record of the alligator lizard Gerrhonotus lugoi (Squamata: Anguidae) for the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87(4): 1399-1401.

Lavin, P.; Quintero Diaz, G.E.; Hammerson, G.A.; Gadsden, H.; Vazquez Diaz, J. 2007. Gerrhonotus lugoi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63709A12708137. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63709A12708137.en.

Lazcano, D.; Contreras-Arquieta, A.; Nevares de los Reyes, M. 1993. Notes on Mexican herpetofauna 3: reproductive biology of Gerrhonotus lugoi, an anguid lizard from the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 28(12): 263-265.

McCoy, C.J. 1970. A new Alligator lizard (genus Gerrhonotus) from the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 15: 37-44.

Smith, H.M. 1986. The generic allocation of two species of Mexican anguid lizards. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 22(1): 21-22.