Aspidoscelis
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Aspidoscelis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Aspidoscelis |
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Aspidoscelis is a genus of whiptail lizards, from the family Teiidae. The nomenclature for this genus has recently been published by T. W. Reeder et al. in 2002. Many species that were Cnemidophorus are now considered Aspidoscelis based upon divergent characters between the two groups.
Species
This is a partial list:
- Aspidoscelis arizonae
- Aspidoscelis bacatus
- Aspidoscelis calidipes
- Aspidoscelis canus
- Aspidoscelis carmenensis
- Aspidoscelis catalinensis
- Aspidoscelis celeripes
- Aspidoscelis communis
- Aspidoscelis costatus
- Aspidoscelis cozumela
- Aspidoscelis gypsi
- Aspidoscelis martyris
- Aspidoscelis pai
- Aspidoscelis pictus
- Aspidoscelis rodecki
- Aspidoscelis sacki
- Aspidoscelis septemvittata
- Aspidoscelis sexlineata
- Aspidoscelis sonorae
- Aspidoscelis tesselata
- Aspidoscelis velox
Speciation
In 2011, it was announced that a parthenogenetic hybrid Aspidocelis was bred in the laboratory.[2] This serves as a demonstration of how other hybrid parthenogens in this genus may have arisen.
References
- ^ eol.org
- ^ Aracely A. Lutes, Diana P. Baumann, William B. Neaves, Peter Baumann (2011). "Laboratory synthesis of an independently reproducing vertebrate species". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.1102811108.
- Reeder, Tod; Dessauer, Herbert C.; Cole, Charles J. (2002): Phylogenetic relationships of whiptail lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata, Teiidae) : a test of monophyly, reevaluation of karyotypic evolution, and review of hybrid origins. American Museum novitates no. 3365: 1-61. [1]
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