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Reptilia    Squamata (part)    Teiidae  

Laredo Striped Whiptail
Aspidoscelis laredoensis (McKinney, Kay and Anderson, 1973)

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.10.31.24)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas

First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1931 Burt, Charles E. A study of the teiid lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus with special reference to their phylogenetic relationships. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (154):1-286
1970 Gorman, George C. Chromosomes and the systematics of the family Teiidae (Sauria, Reptilia). Copeia 1970(2):230-245
1973 McKinney, Charles O., Fenton R. Kay, and Robert A. Anderson. A new all-female species of the genus Cnemidophorus. Herpetologica 29:361-366
1976 Bickham, J. W., C. O. McKinney, and M. F. Mathews. Karyotypes of the parthenogenetic whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus laredoensis and its presumed parental species (Sauria: Teiidae). Herpetologica 32(4):395-399
1983 Wright, J. W., C. Spolsky, and W. M. Brown. The origin of the parthenogenetic lizard Cnemidophorus laredoensis inferred from mitochondrial DNA analysis. Herpetologica 39(4):410-416
1998 Paulissen, Mark A. and Walker, James M. Cnemidophorus laredoensis Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (673):1-5
2002 Reeder, Tod W., Charles J. Cole, and Herbert C. Dessauer. 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

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