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New Mexico Whiptail
Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (Lowe and Zweifel, 1952)

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
For the change in the ending of the species name, see note under Aspidoscelis.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Arizona New Mexico Texas Utah

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
1952 Lowe, Charles H. and Richard G. Zweifel. A new species of Whiptail lizard (Genus Cnemidophorus) from New Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 9(13):229-247
1958 Maslin, T. Paul, Richard G. Beidleman, and Charles H. Lowe, Jr. The status of the lizard Cnemidophorus perplexus Baird and Girard (Teiidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 108(3406):331-345
1970 Gorman, George C. Chromosomes and the systematics of the family Teiidae (Sauria, Reptilia). Copeia 1970(2):230-245
1971 Wright, John W. Cnemidophorus neomexicanus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (109):1-3
1971 Maslin, T. Paul. Conclusive evidence of parthenogenesis in three species of Cnemidophorus (Teiidae). Copeia 1971(1):156-158
1971 Christiansen, James L., William G. Degenhardt, and James E. White. Habitat preferences of Cnemidophorus inornatus and C. neomexicanus with reference to conditions contributing to their hybridization. Copeia 1971(2):357-359
1971 Christiansen, J. L. Reproduction of Cnemidophorus inornatus and Cnemidophorus neomexicanus (Sauria, Teiidae) in northern New Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2442:1-48
1996 Taylor, Harry L., and James M. Walker. Cnemidophorus neomexicanus/Cnemidophorus perplexus nomenclatural problem (Sauria: Teiidae) and it resolution. Copeia 1996(4):945-954
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
2021 Walker, J. Martin, Brian K. Sullivan, and James E. Cordes. Sanctioned nomenclature for triploid parthenogenetic Colorado Checkered Whiptail and for other taxa of the lizard genus Aspidoscelis (Family Teiidae). Herpetological Review 52(3):550–558

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