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Colorado Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis neotesselatus (Walker, Cordes, and Taylor, 1997)

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

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Checkered Ameiva (Teius tesselata: Gray, John E. 1830. A synopsis of the species of the class reptilia. Pages 1-110 in The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier, member of teh Institute of France, with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Named, and of many not before noticed. Ninth Volume. Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London, England. pp.);

Taxon Links:

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

Pertinent LIterature:
1997 Walker, J. Martin, James E. Cordes, and Harry L. Taylor. Parthenogenetic Cnemidophorus tesselatus complex (Sauria: Teiidae): A neotype for diploid C. tesselatus (Say, 1823), redescription of the taxon, and description of a new triploid species. Herpetologica 53(2):233-259
2011 Weaver, Robert E., Andy P. O'Connor, Wallace, Joshua L., King, Jeffrey M., and Walker, James M. Discovery of the parthenogenetic Colorado Checkered Whiptail, Aspidoscelis neotesselata (Squamata: Teiidae), in Washington state. Northwestern Naturalist 92(3):233-236

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