Aspidoscelis motaguae
Sackett, 1941
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to Mexico south to Nicaragua. It was introduced during the 1980s and established in Hialeah and Opa-Locka, Miami-Dade County, Florida (Bartlett, 1995, U.S. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 43: 112, 114–119, 121–122, 124–126; Meshaka et al., 2004, The Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida). It has since been found at other localities in Miami-Dade County (Smith and Krysko, 2007, Caribbean Journal of Science 43: 260–265) and Summerland Key, Monroe County (Enge et al., 2015, Herpetological Review 46: 567; Enge and Krysko, 2019, Aspidoscelis motaguae. Pages 428–429 in Krysko et al. (Editors) Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida).
Page 73: The authority "Sackett, 1941" should be in parentheses since this taxon was originally described in the genus Cnemidophorus. — (4/9/2025)
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No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1931
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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
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1941
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Sackett, J. Townsend. Philadelphia. Part II.- A new Teiid lizard of the genus Cnemidophorus. Notulae Naturae (77):1-4
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1962
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Duellman, William E. and Richard G. Zweifel. A synopsis of the lizards of the sexlineatus group (Genus Cnemidophorus). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 123(3):155-210
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1970
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Gorman, George C. Chromosomes and the systematics of the family Teiidae (Sauria, Reptilia). Copeia 1970(2):230-245
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2002
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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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2007
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Smith, Catherine A. and Krysko, Kenneth L. Distributional comments on the Teiid Lizards (Squamata: Teiidae) of Florida with a key to species. Caribbean Journal of Science 43(2):260-265
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