Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard

The Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard (Uma notata) is a species of medium-sized, diurnal lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[3][4] It is adapted to arid climates and is most commonly found in sand dunes within the Colorado Desert of the United States and Mexico.

Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Uma
Species:
U. notata
Binomial name
Uma notata
Baird, 1859[2]

It was originally described by Baird in 1859 as having a head that was two-fifths the size if the head and body, was a light pea-green spotted with darker green and with a white underside.[2]

It can be distinguished from the Mojave fringe-toed lizard and the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard by its orange/pinkish stripes on the sides of its underside, while the backs have much similar appearances.[5]

There are two subspecies, Uma notata notata and Uma notata rufopunctata,[6] although the distinctness of Uma n. rufopunctata remains unsettled.[3]

References
  1. Hammerson, G.A.; Hollingsworth, B. (2007). "Uma notata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64163A12742789. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64163A12742789.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Baird, Spencer Fullerton (1858). "Description of new genera and species of North American lizards in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 10: 253–256.
  3. Uma notata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2021.
  4. "Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard - Uma notata". www.californiaherps.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. "California species of Fringe-toed Lizards - Uma". www.californiaherps.com. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  6. Pough, F. Harvey (1970). "Uma notata" (PDF). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 197: 1–2. Retrieved 26 September 2021.


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