Holbrookia lacerata

Holbrookia lacerata, commonly known as the spot-tailed earless lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.

Holbrookia lacerata

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Holbrookia
Species:
H. lacerata
Binomial name
Holbrookia lacerata
Cope, 1880
Synonyms

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.

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References

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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