Crotaphytus
| Crotaphytus | |
|---|---|
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| Crotaphytus collaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Crotaphytidae |
| Genus: | Crotaphytus Holbrook, 1842 |
Crotaphytus is a genus of lizards commonly known as collared lizards. They are a genus of small to medium-sized predators indigenous to arid environments of the southwestern regions of North America.
Species and subspecies
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Crotaphytus antiquus Axtell & Webb, 1995 – venerable collared lizard
- Crotaphytus bicinctores N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972 – Great Basin collared lizard or desert collared lizard
- Crotaphytus collaris (Say, 1823) – common collared lizard
- Crotaphytus collaris auriceps Fitch & W.W. Tanner, 1951 – yellow-headed collared lizard
- Crotaphytus collaris baileyi Stejneger, 1890 – western collared lizard
- Crotaphytus collaris collaris (Say, 1823) – eastern collared lizard
- Crotaphytus collaris fuscus Ingram & W.W. Tanner, 1971 – Chihuahuan collared lizard
- Crotaphytus collaris melanomaculatus Axtell & Webb, 1995 – black-spotted collared lizard
- Crotaphytus dickersonae K.P. Schmidt, 1922 – Mexican collared lizard
- Crotaphytus grismeri McGuire, 1994 – Grismer's collared lizard
- Crotaphytus insularis Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
- Crotaphytus nebrius Axtell & Montanucci, 1977 – Sonoran collared lizard
- Crotaphytus reticulatus Baird, 1858 – reticulated collared lizard
- Crotaphytus vestigium N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972 – Baja California collared lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Crotaphytus.
Symbol
In 1969, Oklahoma designated its first state reptile when it chose the collared lizard.[2]
References
- Citations
- ↑ "Crotaphytus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Shearer 1994, p. 309
- Bibliography
- Holbrook JE. 1842. North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States. Vol. II. (Second edition). Philadelphia: J. Dobson. 142 pp. (Crotaphytus, new genus, p. 79).
- Shearer, Benjamin F.; Shearer, Barbara S. (1994). State names, seals, flags, and symbols (2nd ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-28862-3.
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