Canyon spotted whiptail
| Canyon spotted whiptail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Aspidoscelis |
| Species: | A. burti
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspidoscelis burti (Taylor, 1938)
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The canyon spotted whiptail (Aspidoscelis burti) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to northwestern Mexico and the adjacent southwestern United States.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, burti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Earle Burt.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]A. burti is found in the Mexican state of Sonora and in the U.S. state of Arizona.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of A. burti are forest, shrubland, and rocky areas.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Hammerson, G.A.; Frost, D.R.; Gadsden, H. (2007). "Aspidoscelis burti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64251A12758644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64251A12758644.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Aspidoscelis burti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 June 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Aspidoscelis burti, p. 43).
Further reading
[edit]- Reeder TW, Cole CJ, Dessauer HC (2002). "Phylogenetic Relationships of Whiptail Lizards of the Genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae): A Test of Monphyly, Reevaluation of Karyotypic Evolution, and Review of Hybrid Origins". American Museum Novitates (3365): 1–61. (Aspidoscelis burti, new combination, p. 22).
- Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-47009-1 (hardcover), ISBN 0-307-13666-3 (paperback). (Cnemidophorus burti, p. 96).
- Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xiii + 533 pp. ISBN 978-0-395-98272-3. (Cnemidophorus burti, pp. 318–319).
- Taylor EH (1938). "Notes on the Herpetological Fauna of the Mexican State of Sonora". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 24 (19): 475–503 + Plate XLIII. (Cnemidophorus burti, new species, pp. 485–487 + Plate XLIII, figure 2).
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