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Crotaphytinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Squamata

Scientific name
  
Crotaphytidae

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Iguania

Higher classification
  
Iguania

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Subfamily
  
Crotaphytinae H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982

Lower classifications
  
Common collared lizard, Crotaphytus, Great Basin collared li

The Crotaphytinae, or collared lizards, previously Crotaphytidae are a subfamily of desert-dwelling reptiles native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. They are very fast-moving animals, with long limbs and tails, and are carnivorous, feeding mainly on insects and smaller lizards.

Contents

The two genera contain 12 species.

Technical characters

  • Femoral pores present
  • Interparietal scale small (distinctly smaller than ear opening)
  • Never have an enlarged midorsal scale row or fringe
  • Never have a divided rostral scale
  • No bony spines or projecting ridges on their heads
  • No scales projecting over their ears, and no scales forming a prominent fringe on sides of toes as in Phrynosomatidae

    • Species

    Genus Gambelia Baird, 1859 (leopard lizards)

  • Cope's leopard lizard – Gambelia copeii (Yarrow, 1882)
  • blunt-nosed leopard lizard – Gambelia sila (Stejneger, 1890)
  • long-nosed leopard lizard – Gambelia wislizenii (Baird & Girard, 1852)

    • Genus Crotaphytus Holbrook, 1842 (collared lizards)

  • venerable collared lizard – Crotaphytus antiquus Axtell & Webb, 1995
  • desert collared lizard – Crotaphytus bicinctores N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972
  • common collared lizard – Crotaphytus collaris (Say, 1823)
  • Dickerson's collared lizard – Crotaphytus dickersonae K.P. Schmidt, 1922
  • Grismer's collared lizard – Crotaphytus grismeri McGuire, 1994
  • Eastern collared lizard – Crotaphytus insularis Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
  • Sonoran collared lizard – Crotaphytus nebrius Axtell & Montanucci, 1977
  • reticulated collared lizard – Crotaphytus reticulatus Baird, 1858
  • Baja collared lizard – Crotaphytus vestigium N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972

    • Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in different genus.

    References

    Crotaphytinae Wikipedia
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