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Aspidoscelis costatus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Aspidoscelis
Species:	A. costatus
Binomial name
	Aspidoscelis costatus; (Cope, 1878)
Synonyms
	Cnemidophorus costatus ; Cope, 1878; Cnemidophorus alpinus ; Maslin & J. Walker, 1965; Aspidoscelis costata ; — Reeder, C. Cole & Dessauer, 2002;

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Aspidoscelis costatus, also known commonly as the western Mexico whiptail and el huico llanero, in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. There are eight recognized subspecies.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. costatus are forest, savanna, and shrubland.^[1] Aspidoscelis costatus can be found in both urban habitats like cities as well as wildlands ^[3].

Reproduction

A. costatus is oviparous.^[2] Aspidoscelis costatus are oviparous species. These species must go through a process of selecting an adequate nesting site for them to lay their eggs on. The females of this species of lizard have ovipositors for egg laying. A study was conducted that was able to determine that aspidoscelis costatus females are responsive to seasonal cues for oviposition. Therefore, the season does affect embryonic development and egg laying.The majority of squamate species are indeed oviparous. To be exact, 80% of these species do not typically exhibit parental care.^[4]

Subspecies

The following eight subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

Aspidoscelis costatus barrancorum (Zweifel, 1959)
Aspidoscelis costatus costatus (Cope, 1878)
Aspidoscelis costatus griseocephalus (Zweifel, 1959)
Aspidoscelis costatus huico (Zweifel, 1959)
Aspidoscelis costatus mazatlanensis (Zweifel, 1959)
Aspidoscelis costatus nigrigularis (Zweifel, 1959)
Aspidoscelis costatus occidentalis (Gadow, 1906)
Aspidoscelis costatus zweifeli (Duellman, 1960)

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

Etymology

The subspecific name, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Frost DR, Hammerson GA, Gadsden H (2007). "Aspidoscelis costatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64259A12759232. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64259A12759232.en. Downloaded on 10 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Aspidoscelis costatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 June 2019.
^ Gómez-Benitez, Aldo; Walker, James Martin; López-Moreno, Ana Esthela; Hernández-Gallegos, Oswaldo (2021-04-01). "The influence of urbanization on morphological traits in the Balsas Basin Whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis costatus costatus)". Urban Ecosystems. 24 (2): 327–333. doi:10.1007/s11252-020-01038-7. ISSN 1573-1642.
^ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jose-Mendez-Sanchez/publication/351945870_CharaCterization_of_thermal_and_hydriC_Conditions_of_nesting_sites_of_female_Aspidoscelis_costAtus_costAtus_squamata_teiidae/links/60b14be2299bf1f6d5802745/CharaCterization-of-thermal-and-hydriC-Conditions-of-nesting-sites-of-female-Aspidoscelis-costAtus-costAtus-squamata-teiidae.pdf. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Aspidoscelis costatus zweifeli, p. 294).

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+''A. costatus'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/>  Aspidoscelis costatus are oviparous species. These species must go through a process of selecting an adequate nesting site for them to lay their eggs on. The females of this species of lizard have ovipositors for egg laying.  A study was conducted that was able to determine that aspidoscelis costatus females are responsive to seasonal cues for oviposition. Therefore, the season does affect embryonic development and egg laying.The majority of squamate species are indeed oviparous. To be exact, 80% of these species do not typically exhibit parental care.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jose-Mendez-Sanchez/publication/351945870_CharaCterization_of_thermal_and_hydriC_Conditions_of_nesting_sites_of_female_Aspidoscelis_costAtus_costAtus_squamata_teiidae/links/60b14be2299bf1f6d5802745/CharaCterization-of-thermal-and-hydriC-Conditions-of-nesting-sites-of-female-Aspidoscelis-costAtus-costAtus-squamata-teiidae.pdf.|journal=}}</ref>
 ==Subspecies==