Holbrookia lacerata
| Holbrookia lacerata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Holbrookia |
| Species: | H. lacerata |
| Binomial name | |
| Holbrookia lacerata Cope, 1880 | |
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Holbrookia lacerata, commonly known as the spot-tailed earless lizard, is a species of phrynosomid lizard.
Geographic range
It is endemic to Mexico, in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, and to the United States, in south-central Texas.
Taxonomy
Originally described as a species, it was once reclassified as a subspecies of the lesser earless lizard, Holbrookia maculata, but has since been again elevated to full species status.
Subspecies
The two recognized subspecies of Holbrookia lacerata are:
- Northern spot-tailed earless lizard, H. l. lacerata Cope, 1880
- Southern spot-tailed earless lizard, H. l. subcaudalis Axtell, 1956
References
- Species Holbrookia lacerata at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers.) xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I.- XXIV. (Holbrookia lacerata, pp. 209–210.)
- Cope, E.D. 1880. On the Zoölogical Position of Texas. Bull. United States National Mus. (17): 1-51. (Holbrookia lacerata, sp. nov., pp. 15–16.)
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