Holbrookia maculata

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Lesser Earless Lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Squamata Suborder: Sauria Family: Phrynosomatidae Genus: Holbrookia Species: H. maculata
Binomial name
Holbrookia maculata Girard, 1851

The Lesser Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata) is a species of Phrynosomid lizard found in the southwestern and central United States, in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, as well as throughout most of Mexico in the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí and Nuevo León.

[edit] Subspecies

There are nine recognized subspecies of Holbrookia maculata, many of which in the past held full species status:

• Speckled Earless Lizard, Holbrookia maculata approximans (Baird, 1958)
• Bunker's Earless Lizard, Holbrookia maculata bunkeri (Smith, 1935)
• Dickerson's Earless Lizard, Holbrookia maculata dickersonae (Schmidt, 1921)
• Mexican Earless Lizard, Holbrookia maculata elegans (Bocourt, 1874)
• Northern Earless Lizard, Holbrookia maculata maculata (Girard, 1851)
• Eastern Earless Lizard, Holbrookia maculata perspicua (Axtell, 1956)
• Huachuca Earless Lizard, Holbrookia maculata pulchra (Schmidt, 1921)
• Bleached Earless Lizard, Holbrookia maculata ruthveni (Smith, 1943)
• Western Earless Lizard, Holbrookia maculata thermophila (Barbour, 1921)

[edit] References

• Species Holbrookia maculata at the Species2000 Database