NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Urosaurus
  Subfamily - Sceloporinae
  Family - Iguanidae
  Suborder - Iguania
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Urosaurus ornatus levis
      Subspecies - Urosaurus ornatus linearis
      Subspecies - Urosaurus ornatus ornatus
      Subspecies - Urosaurus ornatus schmidti
      Subspecies - Urosaurus ornatus symmetricus
      Subspecies - Urosaurus ornatus wrighti
      Subspecies - Urosaurus ornatus caeruleus
      Subspecies - Urosaurus ornatus chiricahuae
      Subspecies - Urosaurus ornatus lateralis
      Subspecies - Urosaurus ornatus schottii