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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Teiidae
Plateau Striped Whiptail
Aspidoscelis velox
(Springer, 1928)
Current SSAR Comments:
Cole et al. (2019, American Museum Novitates. 3936: 1–8) studied karyotypes of
Aspidoscelis
from a population that had previously been treated as the species
A. innotatus
(e.g., Wright, 1993, in J. W. Wright and L. J. Vitt [Editors], Biology of Whiptail Lizards [Genus
Cnemidophorus
], Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Pp. 27–81), which had been thought to differ from triploid
A. velox
in being diploid (Wright,
op. cit.
; see also Cuellar and Wright, 1992, Compte rendu des séances de la Société de biogéographie 68: 157–160). They found all individuals examined to be triploid and therefore treated this population as conspecific with
A. velox
.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.08.10.27.57)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Colorado Plateau Race Runner
(
Cnemidophorus sacki innotatus
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1928
Springer, Syewart. An annotated list of the lizards of Lee's Ferry, Arizona. Copeia 1928(169):100-104
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