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Reptilia    Squamata (part)    Phrynosomatidae  

Plateau Spot-tailed Earless Lizard
Holbrookia lacerata Cope, 1880

Current SSAR Comments:
Roelke et al. (2018, Journal of Natural History 52: 1017–1027) found that the two previously recognized subspecies of H. lacerata form reciprocally monophyletic mtDNA groups that correspond to differences in morphology and environmental niches and are separated by a presumed geographic barrier, leading those authors to propose that the two former subspecies be recognized as the species H. lacerata and H. subcaudalis. Those results were corroborated in a more detailed follow-up study by Hibbitts et al. (2019, Zootaxa 4619: 139–154). We have replaced the former standard English names “Northern Spot-tailed Earless Lizard” and “Southern Spot-tailed Earless Lizard” with the English names proposed by the latter authors.

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First instance(s) of published English names:
Boll's Spotted Lizard (Holbrookia lacerata: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Boll's Spotted Lizard (Holbrookia maculata lacerata: Strecker, John K. 1922. An annotated catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles of Bexar County, Texas. Bulletin Scientific Society of San Antonio (4):1-31);

Taxon Links:

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

Pertinent LIterature:
1880 Cope, Edward D. On the zoological position of Texas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (17):151
2019 Hibbitts, Toby J., Wade A. Ryberg, Johanna A. Harvey, Gary Voelker, A. Michelle Lawing, Connor S. Adams, Dalton B. Neuharth, Drew E. Dittmer, C. Michael Duran, Brad D. Wolaver, Jon Paul Pierre, Benjamin J. Labay, and Travis J. LaDuc. Phylogenetic structure of Holbrookia lacerata (Cope 1880) (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae): One species or two? Zootaxa 4619(1):139–154

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