Holbrookia elegans

Holbrookia elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Phrynosomatidae
Subfamilia: Phrynosomatinae
Genus: Holbrookia
Species: Holbrookia elegans
Subspecies (2): H. e. elegans – H. e. thermophila

Name

Holbrookia elegans Bocourt, 1874: 164

• Holotype: MNHN, ♀.
• Type locality: “Mazatlan (Mexique)”.

Native distribution areas

• United States: south-central and southern Arizona and southeastern New Mexico.
• Mexico: Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.H.A., Bocourt, M.-F., Mocquard, F., Vaillant, L. & Milne-Edwards, H. (Eds.). 1870–1909. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale. Recherches Zoologiques paus servir à l'histórie de la faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Troisième partie. Section 1. Études sur ler Reptiles. Imprimiere Impériale: Paris. i–xiv + 1012 pp. + 99 plates. BHL

Additional references

• Wilgenbusch, J. & de Queiroz, K. 2000. Phylogenetic Relationships Among the Phrynosomatid Sand Lizards Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences Generated by Heterogeneous Evolutionary Processes. Systematic Biology 49(3): 592–612. DOI: 10.1080/10635159950127411 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Holbrookia elegans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 October 2019.
• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Gadsden, H. 2007. IUCN: Holbrookia elegans  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64063A12733473. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64063A12733473.en. Accessed on 22 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Elegant Earless Lizard
español: Lagartija sorda elegante