Species

Petrosaurus repens

Petrosaurus repens · described by (VAN DENBURGH 1895)

Petrosaurus mearnsi, a close relative of Petrosaurus repens

Pictured: Petrosaurus mearnsi, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Jamie Lantzy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Petrosaurus repens
First described
(VAN DENBURGH 1895)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Phrynosomatidae
Genus
Petrosaurus

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree