Sceloporus cupreus

Sceloporus cupreus, also known commonly as the upland long-tailed spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.^[1] The species is endemic to Mexico.^[1]

Sceloporus cupreus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Sceloporus
Species:	S. cupreus
Binomial name
Sceloporus cupreus Bocourt, 1873
Synonyms[1]
Sceloporus cupreus Bocourt, 1873 Sceloporus cochranae H.M. Smith, 1936 Sceloporus siniferus cupreus — H.M. Smith & Taylor, 1950 Sceloporus cupreus — Wiens & Reeder, 1997

Etymology

The specific name, cupreus, meaning "coppery" in Latin, refers to the dorsal color of some males of this species.^[1] The junior synonym, S. cochranae, was named in honor of American herpetologist Doris Mable Cochran.^[2]

Geographic range

S. cupreus is found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.^[1]