California rock lizard

California rock lizards - Petrosaurus
Baja blue rock lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Infraorder: Iguania[1]
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Petrosaurus
Boulenger, 1885[2]

The California rock lizards are a genus (Petrosaurus) of New World lizards in the family Phrynosomatidae.[3]

Geographic range

They are endemic to southern California and Baja California, Mexico.[4]

Species

The genus Petrosaurus contains three species.

References

  1. ^ Wikispecies
  2. ^ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  3. ^ Smith, H.M. and E.D. Brodie, Jr. 1982. Reptiles of North America, A Guide to Field Identification. Golden Press. New York. pp. 110-111.
  4. ^ Stejneger, Leonhard and Thomas Barbour. 1917. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. pp. 50-52.
  5. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.