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Taxonomy of the genus Urosaurus Biodiversity of the family Phrynosomatidae

Bibliography of the genus Urosaurus (North American Tree Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Phrynosomatidae)

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.


Urosaurus in general

Aguirre-Leon, G.; Morafka, D.J.; Murphy, R.W. 1999. The peninsular archipelago of Baja California: a thousand kilometres of Tree Lizard genetics. Herpetologica 55(3): 369-381.

Carpenter, C.C. 1962. A comparison of the patterns of display of Urosaurus, Uta and Streptosaurus. Herpetologica 18(3): 145-152.

Fanghella, C.; Avery, D.F.; Tanner, W.W. 1975. Urosaurus and its phylogenetic relationship to Uta as determined by osteology and myology (Reptilia: Iguanidae). Great Basin Naturalist 35(3): 245-268.

Feldman, C.R.; Flores-Villela, O.A.; Papenfuss, T.J. 2011. Phylogeny, biogeography, and display evolution in the tree and brush lizard genus Urosaurus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(3): 714-725.

Mittleman, M.B. 1942. A summary of the iguanid genus Urosaurus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 91: 103-181.

Mittleman, M.B. 1942. Further remarks on some Mexican Urosaurus. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 32(12): 370-371.

Mulcahy, D.G.; Archibald, M.A. 2003. Geographic variation in the Baja California Nightsnake (Eridiphas slevini), with comments on taxonomy and diet. Journal of Herpetology 37(3): 566-571.

Purdue, J.R.; Carpenter, C.C. 1972. A comparative study of the display motion in the iguanid genera Sceloporus, Uta and Urosaurus. Herpetologica 28(2): 137-141.

Savage, J.M. 1958. The iguanid lizard genera Urosaurus and Uta, with remarks on the related groups. Zoologica (New York) 43: 41-54.

Wiens, J.J. 1993. Phylogenetic systematics of the Tree Lizards (genus Urosaurus). Herpetologica 49(4): 399-420.

Wiens, J.J. 1999. Polymorphism in systematics and comparative biology. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 30: 327-362.

Urosaurus auriculatus

Arnaud, G.; Rodriguez, A.; Ortega-Rubio, A.; Alvarez-Cardenas, S. 1993. Predation by cats on the unique endemic lizard of Socorro Island (Urosaurus auriculatus), Revillagigedo, Mexico. Ohio Journal of Science 93(4): 101-104.

Brattstrom, B.H. 1982. A comparison of the social behavior of the Urosaurus auriculatus and U. clarionensis on the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Herpetological Review 13(1): 11, 13.

Ortega-Rubio, A.; Alvarez-Cardenas, S.; Galina-Tessaro, P.; Arnaud, F.G. 1992. Microhabitat spatial utilization by the Socorro Island lizard Urosaurus auriculatus (Cope). Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 24-25: 55-57.

Urosaurus bicarinatus

Ahumada-Carrillo, I.T.; Vázquez-Huizar, O.; Vázquez-Díaz, J.; García-Vázquez, U.O. 2011. Noteworthy records of amphibians and reptiles from Zacatecas, Mexico. Herpetological Review 42(3): 397-398.

Bumzahem, C.B.; Smith, H.M. 1954. A new race of Urasaurus bicarinatus (Reptilia: Squamata) from Chiapas, Mexico. Herpetologica 10: 181-183.

Castro-Franco, R.; Torre, G.G. de la 1990. Reptiles de la Isla La Pena, Nayarit, Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Serie Zoologia 61(1): 175-187.

Cruz-Elizalde, R.; Ramírez-Bautista, A.; Stephenson, B.P.; Luja, V.H.; Hernández-Salinas, U. 2017. Variation in female reproduction between populations of the arboreal lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from two different environments in Mexico. Salamandra 53(3): 359-367.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1961. Reptiles (exclusive of snakes) of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 37-56.

Garcia, A. 2008. The use of habitat and time by lizards in a tropical deciduous forest in western Mexico. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 43(2): 107-115.

Grant, C.; Smith, H.M. 1960. Herpetozoa from Jalisco, Mexico. Herpetologica 16: 39-43.

Hernández-Salinas, U.; Ramírez-Bautista, A.; Berriozabal-Islas, C.; Juárez-Escamilla, D. 2013. First records of Urosaurus bicarinatus (Duméril, 1856) (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from Cocinas Island, Chamela Bay, Jalisco, Mexico. Check List 9(3): 649-650.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, G.R.; Ballinger, R.E. 1997. Temperature relationships of the tropical Tree Lizard (Urosaurus bicarinatus) from the Canon del Zopilote, Guerrero, Mexico. Herpetological Journal 7(1): 26-27.

Mata-Silva, V.; Rocha, A.; Johnson, J.D.; Wilson, L.D. 2013. Natural history notes: Urosaurus bicarinatus (Tropical Tree Lizard). Bifurcation. Herpetological Review 44(4): 686-687.

Mittleman, M.B. 1941. A critical synopsis of the Mexican lizards of the Uta ornata complex and a description of a new species from Chihuahua. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 31(2): 66-81.

Ramírez-Bautista, A.; Hernandez-Salinas, U.; Zamora-Abrego, J.G. 2016. Growth ecology of the tree lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae), in a tropical dry forest of the Chamela Region, Mexico. Animal Biology (Leiden) 66(2): 189-199.

Ramirez-Bautista, A.; Uribe-Peña, Z.; Guillette, L.J. 1995. Reproductive biology of the lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus bicarinatus (Reptilia: Phrynosomatidae) from Rio Balsas Basin, Mexico. Herpetologica 51(1): 24-33.

Ramirez-Bautista, A.; Vitt, L.J. 1998. Reproductive biology of Urosaurus bicarinatus (Sauria: Phrynosomatidae) from a tropical dry forest of Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 43(3): 381-390.

Smith, G.R.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 2005. Comparative escape behavior of four species of Mexican phrynosomatid lizards. Herpetologica 61(3): 225-232.

Urosaurus clarionensis

Brattstrom, B.H. 1982. A comparison of the social behavior of the Urosaurus auriculatus and U. clarionensis on the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Herpetological Review 13(1): 11, 13.

Urosaurus gadovi

Duellman, W.E. 1958. Comments on the type locality and geographical distribution of Urosaurus gadowi Schmidt. Copeia 48-49.

Urosaurus graciosus

Buckley, L.B. 2010. The range implications of lizard traits in changing environments. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19(4): 452-464.

Enderson, E.F. 2002. Herpetofauna of the 100 mile circle. Long-tailed Brush Lizard (Urosaurus graciosus). Sonoran Herpetologist 15(8): 92.

Gates, G.O. 1964. Ecology of the iguanid lizard Urosaurus graciosus in Arizona. Dissertation Abstracts 25: 707.

Goldberg, S.R. 2012. Notes on reproduction of long-tailed brush lizards, Urosaurus graciosus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae), from California. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 47(9): 109-111.

Grismer, L.L. 1989. Geographic distribution: Urosaurus g. graciosus (Western Brush Lizard). Herpetological Review 20(1): 13.

Ladd, C.G.; Galbraith, G.G. 1989. Geographic distribution: Agkistrodon c. contortrix (Southern Copperhead). Herpetological Review 20(1): 13.

Loben Sels, R.C. van; Vitt, L.J.; Ohmart, R.D. 1975. Aspects of feeding ecology and habitat utilization in three sympatric arboreal desert lizards. Herpetological Review 6(3): 73.

Lowe, C.H. 1955. A new subspecies of Urosaurus graciosus Hallowell with a discussion of relationships within and of the genus Urosaurus. Herpetologica 11: 96-101.

Murray, K.F. 1953. Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of the lizard species Uta ornata and Uta graciosa. Herpetologica 9: 110-112.

Shaw, C.E. 1952. Notes on the eggs and young of some United States and Mexican lizards. 1. Herpetologica 8(3): 71-79.

Sullivan, K.; McCall, H. 2014. Geographic distribution: Urosaurus graciosus (Long-tailed Brush Lizard). Herpetological Review 45(1): 93.

Valdez-Villavicencio, J.H.; Peralta-Garcia, A.; Lowe, B. 2008. Geographic distribution: Urosaurus graciosus (Long-tailed Brush Lizard). Herpetological Review 39(3): 369.

Vitt, L.J.; Dickson, N.A. 1988. Urosaurus graciosus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 448: 1-3.

Vitt, L.J.; Loben Sels, R.C. van; Ohmart, R.D. 1975. Aspects of the thermal ecology of three sympatric arboreal desert lizards. Herpetological Review 6(3): 74.

Vitt, L.J.; Loben Sels, R.C. van; Ohmart, R.D. 1978. Lizard reproduction: annual variation and environmental correlates in the iguanid lizard Urosaurus graciosus. Herpetologica 34(3): 241-253.

Vitt, L.J.; Loben Sels, R.C. van; Ohmart, R.D. 1981. Ecological relationships among arboreal desert lizards. Ecology (Washington, D.C.) 62(2): 398-410.

Vitt, L.J.; Ohmart, R.D. 1975. Ecology, reproduction, and reproductive effort of the iguanid lizard Urosaurus gracious on the lower Colorado lizard. Herpetologica 31(1): 56-65.

Zweifel, R.G.; Norris, K.S. 1955. Contribution to the herpetology of Sonora, Mexico: descriptions of new subspecies of snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and miscellaneous collecting notes. American Midland Naturalist 54: 230-249.

Urosaurus lahtelai

Rau, C.S.; Loomis, R.B. 1977. A new species of Urosaurus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae) from Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 11(1): 25-29.

Urosaurus microscutatus

Goldberg, S.R. 1996. Natural history notes: Urosaurus microscutatus (Small-scaled Lizard). Testis cycle. Herpetological Review 27(4): 202.

Klauber, L.M. 1929. Range extensions in California. Copeia 1929(170): 15-22.

Shaw, C.E. 1952. Notes on the eggs and young of some United States and Mexican lizards. 1. Herpetologica 8(3): 71-79.

Urosaurus nigricaudus

Blazquez, M.C.; Ortega-Rubio, A. 1996. Lizard winter activity at Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 33(2): 247-253.

Galina-Tessaro, P.; Ortega-Rubio, A.; Alvarez-Cardenas, S. 2000. Diet of the black-tailed brush lizard Urosaurus nigricaudus of the Cape region, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Herpetological Natural History 7(1): 35-40.

Grenot, C.J.; Alvarez, S.; Ortega, A. 1994. Sur le comportement thermoregulateur et les sites nocturnes de repos de quelques lézards de Basse Californie Sud. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 65-66: 1-13.

Grenot, C.J.; Galina-Tessaro, P.; Alvarez-Cardenas, S. 1995. Field metabolism of lizards from lower altitude regions of Baja California Sur (Mexico). Amphibia-Reptilia 16(1): 11-23.

Grismer, L.L. 1999. An evolutionary classification of reptiles on islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Herpetologica 55(4): 446-469.

Munguia-Vega, A.; Rodríguez-Estrella, R.; Shaw, W.W.; Culver, M. 2013. Localized extinction of an arboreal desert lizard caused by habitat fragmentation. Biological Conservation 157: 11-20.

Muniga-Vegal, A.; Rodriguez-Estrella, R.; Nachman, M.W.; Shaw, W.; Culver, M. 2009. Habitat loss and fragmentation in the Sonoran Desert and its impact on the genetic structure and extinction risk of the Baja California endemic Black-tailed Brush Lizard (Urosaurus nigricaudus). Sonoran Herpetologist 22(6): 62-65.

Romero-Schmidt, H.; Ortega-Rubio, A. 1999. Changes in lizard abundance on protected versus grazed desert scrub in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 42(2): 175-180.

Romero-Schmidt, H.L.; Ortega Rubio, A.; Acevedo Beltran, M. 1999. Reproductive characteristics of the black-tailed brush lizard, Urosaurus nigricaudus (Phrynosomatidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 47(4): 1111-1115.

Soulé, M. 1963. Aspects of thermoregulation in nine species of lizards from Baja California. Copeia 1963: 107-115.

Wong, H.; Grismer, L.L.; Hollingsworth, B.D.; Cryder, M.R. 1997. Geographic distribution: Urosaurus nigricaudus (Blacktail Brush Lizard). Herpetological Review 28(1): 51.

Urosaurus ornatus

Asplund, K.K. 1964. Seasonal variation in the diet of Urosaurus ornatus in a riparian community. Herpetologica 20: 91-94.

Asplund, K.K.; Lowe, C.H. 1964. Reproductive cycles of the iguanid lizards Urosaurus ornatus and Uta stansburiana in Southeastern Arizona. Journal of Morphology 115: 27-33.

Axtell, R.W. 1997. Interpretive atlas of Texas lizards. No. 17 Urosaurus ornatus. Published by the author, East Alton, Illinois. 29 pp.

Ballinger, R.E. 1976. Evolution of life history strategies: implications of recruitment in a lizard population following density manipulations. Southwestern Naturalist 21(2): 203-208.

Ballinger, R.E. 1977. Reproductive strategies: food availability as a source of proximal variation in a lizard. Ecology 58(3): 628-635.

Ballinger, R.E. 1984. Survivorship of the lizard, Urosaurus ornatus linearis, in New Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 18(4): 480-481.

Bass, J.; Hakim, J. 2010. Geographic distribution: Urosaurus ornatus symmetricus (Colorado River Tree Lizard). Herpetological Review 41(4): 515.

Boykin, K.; Zucker, N. 1993. Winter aggregation on a small rock cluster by the Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus. Southwestern Naturalist 38(3): 304-306.

Buckley, L.B. 2010. The range implications of lizard traits in changing environments. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19(4): 452-464.

Butterfield, B.P.; Trauth, S.E.; Steward, T.W.; McDaniel, V.R.; McLarty, P. 1991. New county records of amphibians and reptiles from Texas. Herpetological Review 22(1): 28.

Carpenter, C.C.; Grubitz, G. 1960. Dominance shifts in the tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus - Iguanidae). Southwestern Naturalist 5: 123-128.

Carpenter, C.C.; Grubitz, G. 1961. Time-motion study of a lizard. Ecology 42: 199-200.

Carpenter, G.C. 1995. Modeling dominance: the influence of size, coloration, and experience on dominance relations in Tree Lizards (Urosaurus ornatus). Herpetological Monographs 9: 88-101.

Carpenter, G.C. 1995. The ontogeny of a variable social badge: throat color development in Tree Lizards (Urosaurus ornatus). Journal of Herpetology 29(1): 7-13.

Castrucci, A.M.L.; Sherbrooke, W.C.; Zucker, N. 1997. Regulation of physiological color change in dorsal skin of male Tree Lizards, Urosaurus ornatus. Herpetologica 53(4): 405-410.

Chrapliwy, P.S.; Fugler, C.M. 1955. Amphibians and reptiles collected in Mexico in the summer of 1953. Herpetologica 11: 121-128.

Cole, A.C. 1932. Analyses of the stomach contents of two species of Idaho lizards, with special reference to the Formicidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 25: 638-640.

Congdon, J.D.; Dunham, A.E.; Tinkle, D.W. 1982. Energy budgets and life histories of reptiles. pp. 233-271. In: Gans, C.; Pough, F.H. (eds.). Biology of the Reptilia. Vol. 13. Physiology D. Academic Press, New York. 345 pp.

Cooper, W.E. 2005. When and how do predator starting distances affect flight initiation distances? Canadian Journal of Zoology 83(8): 1045-1050.

Cooper, W.E. 2009. Rapid covering by shadow as a cue to predation risk in three lizard species. Behaviour 146(9): 1217-1234.

Cooper, W.E.; Vitt, L.J.; Caldwell, J.P. 1994. Movement and substrate tongue flicks in phrynosomatid lizards. Copeia 1994(1): 234-237.

Deslippe, R.J.; M'Closkey, R.T.; Dajczak, S.P.; Szpak, C.P. 1990. A quantitative study of the social behavior of Tree Lizards, Urosaurus ornatus. Journal of Herpetology 24(4): 337-341.

Deslippe, R.J.; M'Closkey, R.T.; Dajczak, S.P.; Szpak, C.P. 1990. Female Tree Lizards: oviposition and activity patterns during the breeding season. Copeia 1990(3): 877-880.

Dunham, A.E. 1979. An experimental study of interspecific competition between the iguanid lizards Sceloporus merriami and Urosaurus ornatus. Dissertation Abstracts International B Sciences and Engineering 39(10): 4767.

Dunham, A.E. 1980. An experimental study of interspecific competition between the iguanid lizards Sceloporus merriami and Urosaurus ornatus. Ecological Monographs 50(3): 309-330.

Dunham, A.E. 1981. Populations in a fluctuating environment: the comparative population ecology of the iguanid lizards Sceloporus merriami and Urosaurus ornatus. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 158: 1-62.

Dunham, A.E. 1982. Demographic and life-history variation among populations of the iguanid lizard Urosaurus ornatus: implications for the study of life-history phenomena in lizards. Herpetologica 38(1): 208-221.

Dunham, A.E. 1983. Realized niche overlap, resource abundance, and intensity of interspecific competition. pp. 261-280. In: Huey, R.B.; Pianka, E.R. & Schoener, T.W. (eds.). Lizard ecology: studies of a model organism. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England. 501 pp.

Elfstrom, B.E.O.; Zucker, N. 1999. Winter aggregation and its relationship to social status in the Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus. Journal of Herpetology 33(2): 240-248.

French, S.S.; Johnston, G.I.H.; Moore, M.C. 2007. Immune activity suppresses reproduction in food-limited female Tree Lizards Urosaurus ornatus. Functional Ecology 21(6): 1115-1122.

Garza, K.R.; Schlichte, J.; Peters, N.; Desantis, D.L.; Johnson, J.D.; Mata-Silva, V. 2017. Natural history notes: Urosaurus ornatus (Ornate Tree Lizard). Necrophilia and feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 48(2): 442-443.

Gilbert, A.L.; Miles, D.B. 2017. Natural selection on thermal preference, critical thermal maxima and locomotor performance. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 284(1860): 20170536

Goldberg, S.R.; Holshuh, H.J.; Middendorf, G.A.; Zucker, N. 1994. Natural cactus spine injury in the Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus (Phrynosomatidae). Southwestern Naturalist 39(3): 303-305.

Goldberg, S.R.; Zucker, N. 1994. Natural history notes: Urosaurus ornatus (Tree Lizard). Sperm storage. Herpetological Review 25(3): 122.

Gonzalez-Bernal, M.A.; Mellink, E.; Payan Esquerra, C. 2001. Geographic distribution: Urosaurus ornatus (Tree Lizard). Herpetological Review 32(3): 193-194.

Goode, M.J.; Horrace, W.C.; Sredl, M.J.; Howland, J.M. 2005. Habitat destruction by collectors associated with decreased abundance of rock-dwelling lizards. Biological Conservation 125(1): 47-54.

Grant, T.J. 2013. Geographic distribution: Urosaurus ornatus (Ornate Tree Lizard). Herpetological Review 44(4): 627.

Haenel, G.J. 2007. Phylogeography of the Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus: responses of populations to past climate change. Molecular Ecology 16(20): 4321-4334.

Haenel, G.J. 2011. Effects of habitat on clutch size of Ornate Tree Lizards, Urosaurus ornatus. Western North American Naturalist 71(2): 247-256.

Hamilton, P.S.; Gaalema, D.E.; Laage, S.L.; Sullivan, B.K. 2005. A photographic method for quantifying color characteristics and color patch dimensions in lizards. Herpetological Review 36(4): 402-406.

Hamilton, P.S.; Gaalema, D.E.; Sullivan, B.K. 2008. Short-term changes in dorsal reflectance for background matching in ornate Tree Lizards (Urosaurus ornatus). Amphibia-Reptilia 29(4): 473-477.

Hamilton, P.S.; Sullivan, B.K. 2005. Female mate attraction in ornate Tree Lizards, Urosaurus ornatus: a multivariate analysis. Animal Behaviour 69(1): 219-224.

Herrel, A.; Meyers, J.J.; Vanhooydonck, B. 2001. Correlations between habitat use and body shape in a phrynosomatid lizard (Urosaurus ornatus): A population-level analysis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 74(3): 305-314.

Hews, D.K.; Benard, M.F. 2001. Negative association between conspicuous visual display and chemosensory behavior in two phrynosomatid lizards. Ethology 107(9): 839-850.

Hews, D.K.; Thompson, C.W.; Moore, I.T.; Moore, M.C. 1997. Population frequencies of alternative male phenotypes in Tree Lizards: geographic variation and common-garden rearing studies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 41(6): 371-380.

Hoffmeister, D.F. 1951. A technique for collecting lined utas, Urosaurus ornatus. Herpetologica 7: 146.

Hover, E.L. 1982. Behavioral correlates of a throat color polymorphism in a lizard, Urosaurus ornatus. Dissertation Abstracts International B Sciences and Engineering 43(2): 357.

Hover, E.L. 1985. Differences in aggressive behavior between two throat color morphs in a lizard, Urosaurus ornatus. Copeia 1985(4): 933-940.

Irschick, D.J.; Meyers, J.J. 2007. An analysis of the relative roles of plasticity and natural selection in the morphology and performance of a lizard (Urosaurus ornatus). Oecologia (Berlin) 153(2): 489-499.

James, S.E.; M'Closkey, R.T. 2002. Patterns of microhabitat use in a sympatric lizard assemblage. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(12): 2226-2234.

James, S.E.; M'Closkey, R.T. 2003. Lizard microhabitat and fire fuel management. Biological Conservation 114(2): 293-297.

James, S.E.; M'Closkey, R.T. 2004. Patterns of body size and habitat use in a lizard assemblage. Ecoscience 11(2): 160-167.

Jaworski, K.E.; Lattanzio, M.S. 2017. Physiological consequences of food limitation for a color polymorphic lizard: Are coping responses morph-specific? Copeia 105(4): 689–695.

Knapp, R.; Moore, M.C. 1996. Male morphs in Tree Lizards, Urosaurus ornatus, have different delayed hormonal responses to aggressive encounters. Animal Behaviour 52(5): 1045-1055.

Landwer, A.J. 1994. Manipulation of egg production reveals costs of reproduction in the Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus). Oecologia (Heidelberg) 100(3): 243-249.

Lattanzio, M.S.; Metro, K.J.; Miles, D.B. 2014. Preference for male traits differ in two female morphs of the Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus. PLoS ONE 9(7): e101515.

Lattanzio, M.S.; Miles, D.B. 2014. Ecological divergence among colour morphs mediated by changes in spatial network structure associated with disturbance. Journal of Animal Ecology 83(6): 1490-1500.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, H.M.; Ballinger, R.E.; Smith, G.R.; Chiszar, D. 1997. A herpetological collection from northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 32(9): 198-201.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D. 2002. Miscellaneous 2001 lizards from Chihuahua, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 37(6): 102-106.

Loben Sels, R.C. van; Vitt, L.J. 1984. Desert lizard reproduction: seasonal and annual variation in Urosaurus ornatus (Iguanidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 62(9): 1779-1787.

Loben Sels, R.C. van; Vitt, L.J.; Ohmart, R.D. 1975. Aspects of feeding ecology and habitat utilization in three sympatric arboreal desert lizards. Herpetological Review 6(3): 73.

Lowe, C.H.; Vance, V.J. 1955. Acclimation of the critical thermal maximum of the reptile Urosaurus ornatus. Science 122: 73-74.

Mahrt, L.A. 1996. Natural history notes: Urosaurus ornatus (Tree Lizard). Autohemorrhaging. Herpetological Review 27(1): 21-22.

Mahrt, L.A. 1998. Response to intruders and the dear enemy phenomenon in female Tree Lizards, Urosaurus ornatus, in relation to age and reproductive condition. Journal of Herpetology 32(2): 162-168.

Mahrt, L.A. 1998. Territorial establishment and maintenance by female Tree Lizards, Urosaurus ornatus. Journal of Herpetology 32(2): 176-182.

Martin, R.F. 1973. Reproduction in the tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) in central Texas: drought conditions. Herpetologica 29(1): 27-32.

Martin, R.F. 1977. Variation in reproductive productivity of range margin tree lizards (Urosaurus ornatus). Copeia 1977(1): 83-92.

Martin, R.F. 1978. Clutch weight/total body weight ratios of lizards (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae): preservative induced variation. Journal of Herpetology 12(2): 248-251.

Maslin, T.P. 1947. Range extensions of three reptiles in Colorado. Copeia 1947: 138.

Mathies, T.; Andrews, R.M. 1999. Determinants of embryonic stage at oviposition in the lizard Urosaurus ornatus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72(6): 645-655.

Mathies, T.; Andrews, R.M. 2000. Does reduction of the eggshell occur concurrently with or subsequent to the evolution of viviparity in phrynosomatid lizards? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 71(4): 719-736.

Matt, K.S.; Moore, M.C.; Knapp, R.; Moore, I.T. 1997. Sympathetic mediation of stress and aggressive competition: plasma catecholamines in free-living male Tree Lizards. Physiology & Behavior 61(5): 639-647.

McElroy, E.J.; Marien, C.; Meyers, J.J.; Irschick, D.J. 2007. Do displays send information about ornament structure and male quality in the ornate Tree Lizard, Urosaurus ornatus? Ethology 113(11): 1113-1122.

McElroy, E.J.; Meyers, J.J.; Reilly, S.M.; Irschick, D.J. 2007. Dissecting the effects of behaviour and habitat on the locomotion of a lizard (Urosaurus ornatus). Animal Behaviour 73(2): 359-365.

M'Closkey, R.T. 1997. Response of a lizard species to the senescence of a dominant plant in the Sonoran desert. Ecoscience 4(1): 43-47.

M'Closkey, R.T.; Baia, K.A. 1987. Assessment of competitive interactions between two iguanid lizard species. Oikos 48(2): 206-210.

M'Closkey, R.T.; Baia, K.A. 1990. Recolonization of a habitat by Tree Lizards. Journal of Herpetology 24(3): 325-327.

M'Closkey, R.T.; Deslippe, R.J.; Szpak, C.P.; Baia, K.A. 1990. Ecological correlates of the variable mating system of an iguanid lizard. Oikos 59(1): 63-69.

M'Closkey, R.T.; Deslippe, R.J.; Szpak, C.P.; Baia, K.A. 1990. Tree Lizard distribution and mating system: the influence of habitat and food resources. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68(10): 2083-2089.

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