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Neaves’ Whiptail
Aspidoscelis neavesi Cole, Taylor, Baumann, and Baumann, 2014

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
This newly named species was generated in the laboratory by hybridization between A. exsanguis and A. arizonae (as A. inornatus) (Cole et al., 2014, Brevoria (539): 1-20).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Missouri

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:
1970 Gorman, George C. Chromosomes and the systematics of the family Teiidae (Sauria, Reptilia). Copeia 1970(2):230-245
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
2014 Cole, Charles J., Harry L. Taylor, Diana P. Baumann, and Peter Baumann. Neave's Whiptail Lizard: The first known tetraploid parthenogenetic tetrapod (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae). Brevoria (539):1-20

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