Crotaphytus
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Crotaphytus | |
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Crotaphytus collaris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | 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 the American southwest, Baja peninsula, and Mexico.[1] They can be as small as 8" or as long as 14″ (20-36cm), and are characterized by distinct bands of black or brown around their neck, thus their common name.
Species and subspecies
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]
- 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 – Sonoran collared lizard
- Crotaphytus grismeri McGuire, 1994 – Grismer's collared lizard
- Crotaphytus insularis Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921 – eastern collared lizard
- 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.[3]
References
- Citations
- ^ Healey, Mariah. "Collared Lizard Care Sheet". ReptiFiles. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ^ Genus Crotaphytus at 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.
External links
- Photos of genus membersError: "Q2402515" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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