Crotaphytus

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

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.

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.

• 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.

Photos

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

References

Citations

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.

External links

• Photos of genus members