Aspidoscelis preopatae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Aspidoscelis
Species: Aspidoscelis preopatae

Name

Aspidoscelis preopatae Barley, Reeder, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Cole & Thomson, 2021

• Holotype: LACM 114783, ♀, collected by John W. Wright on 18 July 1974.
• Type locality: “along the Rio Bavispe, 5.6 miles south (by road) of Bacerac, Sonora, Mexico”.

References

Primary references

• Barley, A.J., Reeder, T.W., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Cole, C.J. & Thomson, R.C. 2021. A New Diploid Parthenogenetic Whiptail Lizard from Sonora, Mexico, Is the “Missing Link” in the Evolutionary Transition to Polyploidy . The American Naturalist 198(2): 295–309. DOI: 10.1086/715056 Reference page.