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Texas Rose-bellied Lizard
Sceloporus marmoratus Hallowell, 1852

Current SSAR Comments:
Based on phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular (mt and nDNA sequence) data, Solis-Zurita et al. (2019, Zoologica Scripta 48: 419–439) found the taxon formerly designated S. variabilis marmoratus to be relatively distantly related to S. v. variabilis, which was inferred to be more closely related to other taxa then recognized as separate species. They, therefore, recognized both taxa (as well as the former S. v. olloporus) as species.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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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

Pertinent LIterature:
1852 Hallowell, Edward. Descriptions of new species of reptiles inhabiting North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 6():177-182

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