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Aspidoscelis

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Lacertilia

Family
  
Higher classification
  
Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Infraorder
  
Scincomorpha

Scientific name
  
Aspidoscelis

Phylum
  
Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Aspidoscelis Aspidoscelis deppii The Reptile Database

Similar
  
Teiidae, Six‑lined racerunner, Desert grassland whiptail li, Western whiptail, New Mexico whiptail

Six lined racerunners aspidoscelis sexlineata


Aspidoscelis is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae.

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Taxonomy

Aspidoscelis Arizona Striped Whiptail Aspidoscelis arizonae Reptiles of Arizona

The nomenclature for the genus Aspidoscelis was published by T.W. Reeder et al. in 2002. Many species that were formerly included in the genus Cnemidophorus are now considered Aspidoscelis based upon divergent characters between the two groups.

Etymology

The name Aspidoscelis literally means "shield-leg", from the Ancient Greek aspido- ("shield") and skelos ("leg").

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.

Aspidoscelis Aspidoscelis uniparens by michaelray on DeviantArt

  • Aspidoscelis angusticeps (Cope, 1878)
  • Aspidoscelis arizonae (Van Denburgh, 1896)
  • Aspidoscelis burti (E.H. Taylor, 1938)
  • Aspidoscelis calidipes (Duellman, 1955)
  • Aspidoscelis ceralbensis (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921)
  • Aspidoscelis communis (Cope, 1878)
  • Aspidoscelis costata (Cope, 1878)
  • Aspidoscelis cozumelae (Gadow, 1906)
  • Aspidoscelis danheimae (Burt, 1929)
  • Aspidoscelis deppei (Wiegmann, 1834)
  • Aspidoscelis dixoni (Scudday, 1973)
  • Aspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe, 1956)
  • Aspidoscelis flagellicauda (Lowe & Wright, 1964)
  • Aspidoscelis gularis (Baird & Girard, 1852)
  • Aspidoscelis guttata (Wiegmann, 1834)
  • Aspidoscelis hyperythra (Cope, 1864)
  • Aspidoscelis inornata (Baird, 1859)
  • Aspidoscelis labialis (Stejneger, 1890)
  • Aspidoscelis laredoensis (McKinney, Kay & R. Anderson, 1973)
  • Aspidoscelis lineattissima (Cope, 1878)
  • Aspidoscelis marmorata (Baird & Girard, 1852)
  • Aspidoscelis maslini (Fritts, 1969)
  • Aspidoscelis maxima (Cope, 1864)
  • Aspidoscelis mexicana (W. Peters, 1869)
  • Aspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941)
  • Aspidoscelis neavesi Cole, H.L. Taylor, D. Baumann & P. Baumann, 2014
  • Aspidoscelis neomexicana (Lowe & Zweifel, 1952)
  • Aspidoscelis neotesselata (Walker, Cordes & H.L. Taylor, 1997)
  • Aspidoscelis opatae (Wright, 1967)
  • Aspidoscelis pai (Wright & Lowe, 1993)
  • Aspidoscelis parvisocia (Zweifel, 1960)
  • Aspidoscelis picta (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921)
  • Aspidoscelis rodecki (C.J. McCoy & Maslin, 1962)
  • Aspidoscelis sackii (Wiegmann, 1834)
  • Aspidoscelis scalaris (Cope, 1892)
  • Aspidoscelis septemvittata (Cope, 1892)
  • Aspidoscelis sexlineata (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Aspidoscelis sonorae (Lowe & Wright, 1964)
  • Aspidoscelis stictogramma (Burger, 1950)
  • Aspidoscelis tesselata (Say, 1823)
  • Aspidoscelis tigris (Baird & Girard, 1852)
  • Aspidoscelis uniparens (Wright & Lowe, 1965)
  • Aspidoscelis velox (Springer, 1928)
  • Aspidoscelis xanthonota (Duellman & Lowe, 1953)

  • Aspidoscelis Aspidoscelis sexlineata The Reptile Database

    Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aspidoscelis.

    Speciation

    Aspidoscelis Sack39s giant whiptail lizard Aspidoscelis sacki

    In 2011, it was announced that a parthenogenetic hybrid Aspidocelis was bred in the laboratory. This serves as a demonstration of how other hybrid parthenogens in this genus may have arisen.

    Aspidoscelis Aspidoscelis sackii The Reptile Database

    Aspidoscelis Field Herp Forum View topic Aspidoscelis

    Aspidoscelis httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

    Aspidoscelis Aspidoscelis tigris Wikiwand

    References

    Aspidoscelis Wikipedia