Southwest Reptiles and Amphibians

Uma rufopunctata - Yuman Desert Fringe-toed Lizard

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Adult, Yuma County, Arizona	Adult at the mouth of its burrow, Yuma County, Arizona

	Captive Adult, Arizona
Habitat

Habitat, Mohawk Dunes, Yuma County, Arizona	Habitat, Mohawk Dunes, Yuma County, Arizona	Dunes habitat, Yuma County, Arizona
Trepanier and Murphy (2001 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18(3): 327-334) determined that the population of lizards from the Mohawk Dunes (shown above), formerly assigned to Uma rufopunctata, represents an undescribed cryptic species which is not yet formally described. (5/06) We will continue to label this lizard as U. rufopunctata until the new species is described and accepted.

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