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Uma inornata (Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard (Uma inornata) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.
View Wikipedia Record: Uma inornata

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Uma inornata

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  22 grams
Birth Weight [1]  2 grams
Female Weight [1]  18 grams
Male Weight [1]  27 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  50 %
Habitat Substrate [2]  Terrestrial
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  8 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.937 inches (10 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sonoran desert Mexico, United States Nearctic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Coachella Valley Preserve Nature Conservancy - Preserve Ia 8106 California, United States
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center 6101 California, United States

Prey / Diet

Dicoria canescens (desert twinbugs)[3]
Petalonyx thurberi (sandpaper plant)[3]
Psorothamnus arborescens (Mojave dalea)[3]
Tiquilia plicata (fan-leaf crinklemat)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Skrjabinoptera phrynosoma <Unverified Name>[4]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 3Feeding time strategies of the fringe-toed lizard, Uma inornata, during breeding and non-breeding seasons, Richard D. Durtsche, Oecologia (1992) 89:85-89
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0