Crotaphytus

Crotaphytus is a genus of lizards commonly known as collared lizards. They are a genus of small to medium-sized predators indigenous to arid environments of the southwestern regions of North America.

Crotaphytus
Crotaphytus collaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Crotaphytidae
Genus: Crotaphytus
Holbrook, 1842

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Crotaphytus antiquus Axtell & Webb, 1995 – venerable collared lizard
  • Crotaphytus bicinctores N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972 – Great Basin collared lizard or desert collared lizard
  • Crotaphytus collaris (Say, 1823) – common collared lizard
    • Crotaphytus collaris auriceps Fitch & W.W. Tanner, 1951 – yellow-headed collared lizard
    • Crotaphytus collaris baileyi Stejneger, 1890 – western collared lizard
    • Crotaphytus collaris collaris (Say, 1823) – eastern collared lizard
    • Crotaphytus collaris fuscus Ingram & W.W. Tanner, 1971 – Chihuahuan collared lizard
    • Crotaphytus collaris melanomaculatus Axtell & Webb, 1995 – black-spotted collared lizard
  • Crotaphytus dickersonae K.P. Schmidt, 1922 – Mexican collared lizard
  • Crotaphytus grismeri McGuire, 1994 – Grismer's collared lizard
  • Crotaphytus insularis Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
  • Crotaphytus nebrius Axtell & Montanucci, 1977 – Sonoran collared lizard
  • Crotaphytus reticulatus Baird, 1858 – reticulated collared lizard
  • Crotaphytus vestigium N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972 – Baja California collared lizard

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

Symbol

In 1969, Oklahoma designated its first state reptile when it chose the collared lizard.[2]

Photos
  • Crotaphytus is a genus of lizards commonly known as collared lizards.

References
Citations
  1. "Crotaphytus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Shearer 1994, p. 309
Bibliography
  • Holbrook JE (1842). North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States. Vol. II. (Second edition). Philadelphia: J. Dobson. 142 pp. (Crotaphytus, new genus, p. 79).
  • Shearer, Benjamin F.; Shearer, Barbara S. (1994). State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols (2nd ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-28862-3.


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