Holbrookia lacerata

Taxobox
name = Spot-tailed Earless Lizard
status = NT
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Iguania
familia = Phrynosomatidae
genus = "Holbrookia"
species = "H. lacerata"
binomial = "Holbrookia lacerata"
binomial_authority = Cope, 1880)
synonyms = "Holbrookia maculata lacerata"

The Spot-tailed Earless Lizard ("Holbrookia lacerata") is a species of Phrynosomid lizard foundin Mexico, in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, and in the United States, in south-central Texas. The species was once reclassified as a subspecies of the Lesser Earless Lizard, "Holbrookia maculata", but has since been again elevated to full species status.

Subspecies

There are two recognized subspecies of "Holbrookia lacertata":

*Northern Spot-tailed Earless Lizard, "Holbrookia lacerata lacerata" (Cope, 1880)
*Southern Spot-tailed Earless Lizard, "Holbrookia lacerata subcaudalis" (Axtell, 1956)

References

*EMBL species|genus=Holbrookia|species=lacerata