Crotaphytus

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Crotaphytus
Collared lizard in Zion National Park.jpg
Crotaphytus collaris
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Crotaphytus

Holbrook, 1842

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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.[1]

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.

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

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).
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