Western Earless Lizard

About the Western Earless Lizard

Holbrookia maculata, commonly known as the lesser earless lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is native to the southwestern and central United States and northern Mexico. There are eight recognized subspecies.

The following eight subspecies of Holbrookia maculata are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. H. m. bunkeri H.M. Smith, 1935 – Bunker's earless lizard H. m. campi Schmidt, 1921 H. m. dickersonae Schmidt, 1921 – Dickerson's earless lizard

H. m. flavilenta Cope, 1883 H. m. maculata Girard, 1851 – northern earless lizard H. m. perspicua Axtell, 1956 – eastern earless lizard, prairie eastern lizard H. m. pulchra K.P. Schmidt, 1921 – Huachuca earless lizard H. m. ruthveni H.M. Smith, 1943 – bleached earless lizard (an ecotonal subspecies from New Mexico's White Sands)

The subspecific name, bunkeri, is in honor of American zoologist Charles Dean Bunker (1870–1948). The subspecific name, campi, is in honor of American paleontologist Charles Lewis Camp. The subspecific name, dickersonae, is in honor of American herpetologist Mary Cynthia Dickerson.

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