- Source: Barisia jonesi
Barisia jonesi, also known commonly as the imbricate alligator lizard, Jones' imbricate alligator lizard, and el escorpión de Jones in Mexican Spanish, is a species of medium-sized lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, jonesi, is in honor of American biologist Richard Evan Jones.
Geographic range
B. jonesi is found in the Mexican state of Michoacán.
References
Further reading
Guillette LJ Jr, Smith HM (1982). "A Review of the Mexican Lizard Barisia imbricata, and the Description of a New Subspecies". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 85 (1): 13–33. (Barisia imbricata jonesi, new subspecies).
Smith HM, Burg TM, Chiszar D (2002). "Evolutionary Speciation in the Alligator Lizards of the Genus Barisia". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38 (1): 23-26. (Barisia ciliaris, new taxonomic status).
