Aspidoscelis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Aspidoscelis Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Aspidoscelis is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae.
Taxonomy
The nomenclature for the genus Aspidoscelis was published by T.W. Reeder et al. in 2002. Many species that were formerly included in the genus Cnemidophorus are now considered Aspidoscelis based upon divergent characters between the two groups.
Etymology
The name Aspidoscelis literally means "shield-leg", from the Ancient Greek aspido- ("shield") and skelos ("leg").[2]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1][3]
- Aspidoscelis angusticeps (Cope, 1878)
- Aspidoscelis arizonae (Van Denburgh, 1896)
- Aspidoscelis burti (E.H. Taylor, 1938)
- Aspidoscelis calidipes (Duellman, 1955)
- Aspidoscelis ceralbensis (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921)
- Aspidoscelis communis (Cope, 1878)
- Aspidoscelis costata (Cope, 1878)
- Aspidoscelis cozumelae (Gadow, 1906)
- Aspidoscelis danheimae (Burt, 1929)
- Aspidoscelis deppei (Wiegmann, 1834)
- Aspidoscelis dixoni (Scudday, 1973)
- Aspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe, 1956)
- Aspidoscelis flagellicauda (Lowe & Wright, 1964)
- Aspidoscelis gularis (Baird & Girard, 1852)
- Aspidoscelis guttata (Wiegmann, 1834)
- Aspidoscelis hyperythra (Cope, 1864)
- Aspidoscelis inornata (Baird, 1859)
- Aspidoscelis labialis (Stejneger, 1890)
- Aspidoscelis laredoensis (McKinney, Kay & R. Anderson, 1973)
- Aspidoscelis lineattissima (Cope, 1878)
- Aspidoscelis marmorata (Baird & Girard, 1852)
- Aspidoscelis maslini (Fritts, 1969)
- Aspidoscelis maxima (Cope, 1864)
- Aspidoscelis mexicana (W. Peters, 1869)
- Aspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941)
- Aspidoscelis neavesi Cole, H.L. Taylor, D. Baumann & P. Baumann, 2014
- Aspidoscelis neomexicana (Lowe & Zweifel, 1952)
- Aspidoscelis neotesselata (Walker, Cordes & H.L. Taylor, 1997)
- Aspidoscelis opatae (Wright, 1967)
- Aspidoscelis pai (Wright & Lowe, 1993)
- Aspidoscelis parvisocia (Zweifel, 1960)
- Aspidoscelis picta (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921)
- Aspidoscelis rodecki (C.J. McCoy & Maslin, 1962)
- Aspidoscelis sackii (Wiegmann, 1834)
- Aspidoscelis scalaris (Cope, 1892)
- Aspidoscelis septemvittata (Cope, 1892)
- Aspidoscelis sexlineata (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Aspidoscelis sonorae (Lowe & Wright, 1964)
- Aspidoscelis stictogramma (Burger, 1950)
- Aspidoscelis tesselata (Say, 1823)
- Aspidoscelis uniparens (Wright & Lowe, 1965)
- Aspidoscelis velox (Springer, 1928)
- Aspidoscelis xanthonota (Duellman & Lowe, 1953)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Aspidoscelis.
Speciation
In 2011, it was announced that a parthenogenetic hybrid Aspidocelis was bred in the laboratory.[4] This serves as a demonstration of how other hybrid parthenogens in this genus may have arisen.
References
- 1 2 eol.org
- ↑ "Aspidoscelis sexlineata". Illinois Natural History Survey. University of Illinois.
Etymology: Aspidoscelis - aspido (Greek) shield; -skelos (Greek) meaning leg
- ↑ Genus Aspidocelis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Lutes, Aracely A.; Baumann, Diana P.; Neaves, William B.; Baumann, Peter. (2011). "Laboratory synthesis of an independently reproducing vertebrate species". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (24): 9910-9915. doi:10.1073/pnas.1102811108.
Further reading
- Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Aspidoscelis, new genus, p. 20).
External links
- Reeder, Tod W.; Dessauer, Herbert C.; Cole, Charles J. (2002). "Phylogenetic relationships of whiptail lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata, Teiidae) : a test of monophyly, reevaluation of karyotypic evolution, and review of hybrid origins". American Museum Novitates (3365): 1-61.