Crotaphytidae
| Crotaphytidae | |
|---|---|
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Crotaphytus collaris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
Clade: | Pleurodonta |
| Family: | Crotaphytidae H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982 |
| Genera | |
Crotaphytus | |
The Crotaphytidae, or collared lizards, are a family[1][2][3] of desert-dwelling reptiles native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Alternatively they are recognized as a subfamily, Crotaphytinae. They are very fast-moving animals, with long limbs and tails, and are carnivorous, feeding mainly on insects and smaller lizards.
The two genera contain 12 species.
Contents
1 Technical characters
2 Species
3 References
4 Further reading
Technical characters
Femoral pores present- Interparietal scale small (distinctly smaller than ear opening)
- Never have an enlarged midorsal scale row or fringe
- Never have a divided rostral scale
- No bony spines or projecting ridges on their heads
- No scales projecting over their ears, and no scales forming a prominent fringe on sides of toes as in Phrynosomatidae
Species
Genus Gambelia Baird, 1859[4] (leopard lizards)
Cope's leopard lizard – Gambelia copeii (Yarrow, 1882)
blunt-nosed leopard lizard – Gambelia sila (Stejneger, 1890)
long-nosed leopard lizard – Gambelia wislizenii (Baird & Girard, 1852)[5]
Genus Crotaphytus Holbrook, 1842[4] (collared lizards)
venerable collared lizard – Crotaphytus antiquus Axtell & Webb, 1995
desert collared lizard – Crotaphytus bicinctores N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972
common collared lizard – Crotaphytus collaris (Say, 1823)
- Dickerson's collared lizard – Crotaphytus dickersonae K.P. Schmidt, 1922
Grismer's collared lizard – Crotaphytus grismeri McGuire, 1994
- Eastern collared lizard – Crotaphytus insularis Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921
Sonoran collared lizard – Crotaphytus nebrius Axtell & Montanucci, 1977
reticulated collared lizard – Crotaphytus reticulatus Baird, 1858
Baja collared lizard – Crotaphytus vestigium N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972[6]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in different genus.
References
^ Townsend; Mulcahy; Noonan; Sites Jr; Kuczynski; Wiens; Reeder (2011). "Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61 (2): 363–380. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.008..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Wiens; Hutter; Mulcahy; Noonan; Townsend; Sites Jr.; Reeder (2012). "Resolving the phylogeny of lizards and snakes (Squamata) with extensive sampling of genes and species". Biology Letters. 8 (6): 1043–1046. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0703. PMC 3497141.
^ Pyron; Burbrink; Wiens (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13: 93. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93.
^ ab Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Iguania/crotaphytidae.
^ "Gambelia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ "Crotaphytus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
Frost DR, Etheridge RE. 1989. A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81: 1-62. (Family Crotaphytidae, p. 36).
Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr. 1982. Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp.
ISBN 0-307-13666-3. (Subfamily Crotaphytinae, p. 106).
