Aspidoscelis velox
(Springer, 1928)
SSAR 9th Edition 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.
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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.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1928
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Springer, Syewart. An annotated list of the lizards of Lee's Ferry, Arizona. Copeia 1928(169):100-104
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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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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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1998
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Stuart, James N. Cnemidophorus velox Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (656):1-6
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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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