Eastern fence lizard

Eastern fence lizard
Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), Amelia Court House, VA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Sceloporus
Species:
S. undulatus
Binomial name
Sceloporus undulatus
(Bosc & Daudin, 1801)[2]
The ranges of different S. undulatus subspecies are indicated by color. (note: map is missing distribution in New York State)
Synonyms
  • Stellio undulatus
    Bosc & Daudin, 1801
  • Lacerta undulata
    — Bosc, 1801
  • Agama undulata
    — Daudin, 1802
  • Tropidolepis undulatus
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • Sceloporus undulatus
    — Boulenger, 1885

The eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) is a medium-sized species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[3] The species is found along forest edges, rock piles, and rotting logs or stumps in the eastern United States. It is sometimes referred to as the prairie lizard, fence swift, gray lizard, gravid lizard, northern fence lizard or pine lizard.[4] It is also referred to colloquially as the horn-billed lizard. One of its most notable behaviors is that of its escape behavior when encountering fire ants, which have been known to invade and negatively affect many of their populations.[5]

  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A.; Lavin, P.; Vazquez Díaz, J.; Quintero Díaz, G.; Gadsden, H. (2007). "Sceloporus undulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64156A12749881. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64156A12749881.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bosc [LAG], Daudin [FM] (1801). In: Sonnini CS, Latreille PA (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Tome II [Volume 2]. Première partie. Quadrupèdes et bipèdes ovipares. Paris: Deterville. (Crapelet, printer). 332 pp. (Stellio undulatus, new species, pp. 40-42). (in French).
  3. ^ Powell et al. (2016).
  4. ^ Lizards. Conservation Commission of Missouri (2014).
  5. ^ McCormick, Gail L., and Tracy Langkilde. “Immune responses of eastern fence lizards (sceloporus undulatus) to repeated acute elevation of Corticosterone.” General and Comparative Endocrinology, vol. 204, Aug. 2014, pp. 135–140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.04.037.