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Taxonomy of the genus Barisia Biodiversity of the family Anguidae

Bibliography of the genus
Barisia (Mexican Alligator Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Anguidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Barisia in general

Bryson, R.W.; Riddle, B.R. 2012. Tracing the origins of widespread highland species: a case of Neogene diversification across the Mexican sierras in an endemic lizard. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105(2): 382-394.

Chippindale, P.; Ammerman, L.K.; Campbell, J.A. 1998. Molecular approaches to phylogeny of Abronia (Anguidae: Gerrhonotinae), with emphasis on relationships in subgenus Auriculabronia. Copeia 1998(4): 883-892.

Smith, H.M.; Preston, M.J.; Smith, R.B. 1983. The history of the concept of viviparity in the alligator lizard genus Barisia. Herpetological Review 14(2): 34-35.

Tihen, J.A. 1949. A review of the lizard genus Barisia. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33(1): 217-256.

Waddick, J.W.; Smith, H.M. 1974. The significance of scale characters in evaluation of the lizard genera Gerrhonotus, Elgaria and Barisia. Great Basin Naturalist 34(4): 257-266.

Zaldivar-Riverón, A.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A.; Laclette, J.P. 2005. Phylogeny and evolution of dorsal pattern in the Mexican endemic lizard genus Barisia (Anguidae: Gerrhonotinae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 43(3): 243-257.

Barisia ciliaris

Bryson, R.W.; Banda, J.; Lazcano, D. 2003. Natural history notes: Crotalus pricei miquihuanus (Miquihuanan Rattlesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 34(1): 65-66.

Contreras-Lozano, J.A.; Lazcano, D.; Contreras-Balderas, A.J. 2010. Natural history notes: Barisia ciliaris (Northern Imbricate Alligator Lizard). Antipredator behavior. Herpetological Review 41(2): 217.

Laurent, R.F. 1949. Note sur quelques reptiles appartenant a la collection de l'lnstitut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. III. Formes americaines. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. 25(9): 1-20.

Lazcano, D.; Leal, J.B.; Gamaliel Castaneda, G.; Garcia-de la Pena, C.; Bryson, R.W. 2004. Natural history notes: Crotalus lepidus (Rock Rattlesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 35(1): 62-63.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D. 2006. Pattern in Barisia ciliaris (Reptilia: Lacertilia) in northeastern Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42(4): 179-180.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Webb, R.G.; Chiszar, D.; Smith, H.M. 2000. Geographic distribution: Barisia imbricata ciliaris (Northern Imbricate Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 31(2): 112.

Pavón-Vázquez, C.J.; Trujano-Ortega, M.; Arellano-Covarrubias, A.; García-Vázquez, U.O. 2017. Geographic distribution: Barisa ciliaris (Northern Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 48(2): 388.

Smith, H.M. 1942. Mexican herpetological miscellany. 1. Six new species and subspecies of Sceloporus with a redefinition of the formosus group. 2. A new horned lizard from Durango. 3. A tentative arrangement and key to Mexican Gerrhonotus, with the description of a new race. 4. An unnamed Celestus from Mexico, with a key to the mainland species of the genus. 5. New xantusid lizards. 6. The Mexican subspecies of Drymobius margaritiferous. 7. Notes on Mexican Imantodes. 8. Two new snakes of the genus Clelia. 9. Additi Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92: 349-395.

Smith, H.M.; Burg, T.M.; Chiszar, D. 2002. Evolutionary speciation in the alligator lizards of the genus Barisia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(1): 23-26.

Barisia herrerae

Zaldivar-Riverón, A.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2002. Variation in the rare lizard Barisia rudicollis (Wiegmann) (Anguidae) with description of a new species from central Mexico. Herpetologica 58(3): 313-326.

Barisia imbricata

Aguilar-Martínez, G.F. 2011. Reporte del tamańo de una camada de Barisia imbricata (Wiegmann, 1828) (Reptilia: Anguidae). Acta Zoologica Mexicana Nueva Serie 27(3): 811-812.

Armando, S.; González-Fernández, A.; D’Addario, M. 2017. Potential distribution of the endemic Imbricate Alligator Lizard (Barisia imbricata imbricata) in highlands of central Mexico. Amphibia-Reptilia 38(2): 225–231.

Ballinger, R.E.; Coady, N.R.; Prokop, J.M.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 1992. Strike-induced chemosensory searching: variation among lizards. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 19: 43-47.

Ballinger, R.E.; Lemos-Espinal, J. 1994. Natural history notes: Sceloporus mucronatus mucronatus (NCN). Predation. Herpetological Review 25(1): 27.

Berriozabal-Islas, C.; Ramírez-Bautista, A.; Hernández-Salinas, U. 2010. Natural history notes: Barisia imbricata (Transvolcanic Alligator Lizard). Record litter size. Herpetological Review 41(1): 73-74.

Bryson, R.W.; Jones, J.M.; Grünwald, C.I. 2012. Geographic distribution: Barisia imbricata imbricata (Imbricate Alligator Lizard). Herpetological Review 43(2): 305.

Dashevsky, D.; Meik, J.M.; Estrella, M.D.; Setser, K.W.; Schaack, S. 2013. Patterns of sexual dimorphism in Mexican alligator lizards, Barisia imbricata. Ecology and Evolution 3(2): 255-261.

Duges, A. 1893. Variaciones de coloracion en el Gerrhonotus imbricatus. Naturaleza 2(2): 204-205.

Fox, S.F.; Perea-Fox, S.; Castro-Franco, R. 1994. Development of the tail autotomy adaptation in lizards under disparate levels of predation at high and low elevations in Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 39(4): 311-322.

Guillette, L.J.; Casas-Andreu, G. 1987. The reproductive biology of the high elevation Mexican lizard Barisia imbricata. Herpetologica 43(1): 29-38.

Guillette, L.J.; Smith, H.M. 1982. A review of the Mexican lizard Barisia imbricata, and the description of a new subspecies. Leeds Geological Association Transactions 85(1): 13-33.

Lara-Resendiz, R.A.; Larrain-Barrios, B.C.; Vega-Pérez, A.H.D. de la; Méndez-de la Cruz, F.R. 2014. [Thermal quality along an altitudinal gradient for a lizard community in Sierra del Ajusco and Pedregal de San Angel, Mexico]. (In Spanish). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85(3): 885-897.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Ballinger, R.E. 1992. Life history notes: Barisia imbricata imbricata (NCN). Predation. Herpetological Review 23(4): 117.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, G.R.; Ballinger, R.E. 1998. Temperature relationships of the lizard, Barisia imbricata, from Mexico. Amphibia-Reptilia 19(1): 95-99.

Martinez-Torres, M. 1999. Natural history notes: Barisia imbricata imbricata (Popocatepetl, Imbricate Alligator Lizard). Oophagy. Herpetological Review 30(3): 165-166.

Martinez-Torres, M.; Guzman-Rodriguez, R.; Cardenas-Leon, M.; Brunner-Reynaldo, N. 2006. Follicular development and ovulation determined by ultrasound imaging in the viviparous lizard Barisia imbricata (Reptilia: Anguidae). Southwestern Naturalist 51(3): 401-406.

Martinez-Torres, M.; Salcedo-Alvarez, M.; Guzman-Rodriguez, R.; Ortiz-Lopez, G.; Hernandez-Esparza, T. 2009. Reproductive failure in the viviparous lizard Barisia imbricata imbricata (Reptilia: Anguidae). Mesoamericana 13(3): 61-64.

McCoy, C.J.; Flores-Villela, O.A. 1985. Amphibians and reptiles of the Sesse & Mocino Expedition: a lost chapter in Mexican herpetology. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 54(5): 189-193.

McCoy, J.K.; Fox, S.F. 1996. Is Barisia rudicollis (Sauria: Anguidae) arboreal? A morphological analysis. Southwestern Naturalist 41(4): 359-364.

Smith, H.M. 1984. Notes on the enigmatic Barisia imbricata of the British Museum, and on its collection of reptiles from Amula, Guerrero, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 20(4): 152-158.

Smith, H.M.; Burg, T.M.; Chiszar, D. 2002. Evolutionary speciation in the alligator lizards of the genus Barisia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(1): 23-26.

Barisia jonesi

Guillette, L.J.; Smith, H.M. 1982. A review of the Mexican lizard Barisia imbricata, and the description of a new subspecies. Leeds Geological Association Transactions 85(1): 13-33.

Smith, H.M.; Burg, T.M.; Chiszar, D. 2002. Evolutionary speciation in the alligator lizards of the genus Barisia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(1): 23-26.

Barisia levicollis

Bryson, R.W.; Lazcano, D. 2001. Natural history notes: Thamnophis errans (Mexican Wandering Gartersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 32(4): 265.

Goldberg, S.R. 2010. Natural history notes: Barisia levicollis (Chihuahuan Alligator Lizard). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 41(1): 74.

Barisia planifrons

Bille, T. 1997. Natural history notes: Barisia imbricata planifrons (Oaxacan Imbricate Alligator Lizard). Antipredator behavior. Herpetological Review 28(4): 202.

Kerster, H.W.; Smith, H.M. 1955. Rediscovery of a Mexican lizard Barisia imbricata planifrons (Bocourt). Herpetologica 11: 191-192.

Smith, H.M.; Burg, T.M.; Chiszar, D. 2002. Evolutionary speciation in the alligator lizards of the genus Barisia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(1): 23-26.

Barisia rudicollis

Castro-Franco, R.; Zagal, M.G.B. 1994. List of reptiles of Morelos, Mexico, and their distribution in relation to vegetation types. Southwestern Naturalist 39(2): 171-175.

Gonzalez-Romero, A.; Lopez-Gonzalez, C.A. 1990. Observations on a Barisia rudicollis Wiegmann (Sauria: Anguidae) with notes on its habitat. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 26(4): 159-168.

McCoy, J.K.; Fox, S.F. 1992. Redescription of the Mexican lizard Barisia rudicollis (Weigmann) (Sauria: Anguidae). Copeia 1992(4): 1114-1117.

McCoy, J.K.; Fox, S.F. 1996. Is Barisia rudicollis (Sauria: Anguidae) arboreal? A morphological analysis. Southwestern Naturalist 41(4): 359-364.

Schmidt, B.; W 1992. Extension del area de distribucion sur para el lagarto Barisia rudicollis (Sauria, Anguidae). Boletin de la Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana 4(2): 41-42.

Zaldívar-Riverón, A. 2001. Variación morfológica y aloenzimática en la lagartija Barisia rudicollis (Squamata: Anguidae) y contribución a su historia natural. Boletin de la Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana 9(2): 71-72.

Zaldivar-Riverón, A.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2001. Natural history and distribution of the lizard Barisia rudicollis (Anguidae). Southwestern Naturalist 46(3): 391-396.

Zaldivar-Riverón, A.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2002. Variation in the rare lizard Barisia rudicollis (Wiegmann) (Anguidae) with description of a new species from central Mexico. Herpetologica 58(3): 313-326.