Holbrookia maculata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| lesser earless lizard | |
|---|---|
 | |
| lesser earless lizard (Holbrookia maculata) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptiliaia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| 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 endemic to the southwestern and central United States and northern Mexico.
Geographic range
It is found in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, as well as in the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí and Nuevo León.
Subspecies
The 9 recognized subspecies of Holbrookia maculata, many of which in the past held full species status, are:
- Speckled earless lizard, H. m. approximans Baird, 1958
- Bunker's earless lizard, H. m. bunkeri H.M. Smith, 1935
- Dickerson's earless lizard, H. m. dickersonae Schmidt, 1921
- Mexican earless lizard, H. m. elegans Bocourt, 1874
- Northern earless lizard, H. m. maculata Girard, 1851
- Eastern earless lizard, H. m. perspicua Axtell, 1956
- Huachuca earless lizard, H. m. pulchra Schmidt, 1921
- Bleached earless lizard, H. m. ruthveni H.M. Smith, 1943
- Western earless lizard, H. m. thermophila Barbour, 1921
References
- Species Holbrookia maculata at The Reptile Database
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.