Crotaphytus

Crotaphytus
Crotaphytus
Crotaphytus collaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Family: Crotaphytidae
Genus: Crotaphytus
Holbrook, 1842

Classification of the genus Crotaphytus, a type of lizard.

Contents

Genus Crotaphytus

  • Venerable Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus antiquus
  • Desert Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus bicinctores
  • Common Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris
    • Yellow-headed Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris auriceps
    • Eastern Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris collaris
    • Western Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris baileyi
    • Chihuahuan Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris fuscus
    • Black Spotted Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus collaris melanomaculatus
  • Grismer's Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus grismeri
  • Sonoran Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus nebrius
  • Reticulated Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus reticulatus
  • Baja Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus vestigium
  • Mexican Collared Lizard, Crotaphytus dickersonae

Symbol

In 1969 Oklahoma designated the first state reptile when it chose the collared lizard.[1]

References

Citations
  1. ^ Shearer 1994, p. 309
Bibliography
  • Shearer, Benjamin F.; Shearer, Barbara S. (1994). State names, seals, flags, and symbols (2nd ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-28862-3. 

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