Crotaphytus
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = Crotaphytus
| image = Collared lizard in Zion National Park.jpg
| image_caption = Crotaphytus collaris
| taxon = Crotaphytus
| authority = Holbrook, 1842
}}
Crotaphytus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as collared lizards, in the family Crotaphytidae. Member species are small to medium-sized predators indigenous to the American southwest, Baja peninsula, and Mexico. Including the tail, they can be as small as {{cvt|7|in|cm}} or as long as {{cvt|14|in|cm}}, and are characterized by distinct bands of black or brown around the neck, to which their common names refer.
Species
Image:Collared Lizard Closeup.jpg
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.{{EMBL genus|genus=Crotaphytus}} www.reptile-database.org.
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| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | Crotaphytus antiquus {{small|Axtell & Webb, 1995}} | venerable collared lizard | Sierra San Lorenzo, Sierra Texas, and Sierra Solis in extreme southwestern Coahuila state, Mexico |
| 120px | Crotaphytus bicinctores {{small|N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972}} | Great Basin collared lizard or desert collared lizard | Western United States |
| 120px | Crotaphytus collaris {{small|(Say, 1823)}} | common collared lizard | Mexico and the south-central United States (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) |
| Crotaphytus dickersonae {{small|K.P. Schmidt, 1922}} | Sonoran collared lizard | Mexico | |
| Crotaphytus grismeri {{small|McGuire, 1994}} | Grismer's collared lizard | Baja California, Mexico | |
| Crotaphytus insularis {{small|Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921}} | eastern collared lizard | Mexico | |
| 120px | Crotaphytus nebrius {{small|Axtell & Montanucci, 1977}} | Sonoran collared lizard | U.S. state of Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora |
| 120px | Crotaphytus reticulatus {{small|Baird, 1858}} | reticulated collared lizard | US state of Texas, Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas) |
| 120px | Crotaphytus vestigium {{small|N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972}} | Baja California collared lizard | California (United States) and Baja California (Mexico) |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Crotaphytus.
Symbol
In 1969, Oklahoma designated its first state reptile when it chose the collared lizard.{{Harvnb|Shearer|1994|p=309}}
References
;Citations
{{Reflist}}
;Bibliography
- Holbrook JE (1842). North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States. Vol. II. (Second edition). Philadelphia: J. Dobson. 142 pp. (Crotaphytus, new genus, p. 79).
- {{Anchor|CITEREFShearer1994}}{{cite book|last1=Shearer|first1=Benjamin F.|last2=Shearer|first2=Barbara S.|title=State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1994|location=Westport, Connecticut|isbn=0-313-28862-3|edition=2nd|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/statenamessealsf00shea}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091026233702/http://geocities.com/crotaphytus/ Photos of genus members]
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Category:Taxa named by John Edwards Holbrook
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