Aspidoscelis deppii

Aspidoscelis deppii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Aspidoscelis
Species:	A. deppii
Binomial name
	Aspidoscelis deppii; (Wiegmann, 1834)
Synonyms
	Cnemidophorus deppii; Wiegmann, 1834; Cnemidophorus deppei [sic] ; Gadow, 1906; ( ex errore ); Aspidoscelis deppii; — Reeder et al., 2002;

Last updated February 19, 2025

Aspidoscelis deppii, known commonly as the blackbelly racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to Central America and southern Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, deppii, is in honor of German naturalist Ferdinand Deppe.^[3]

Geographic range

A. deppii is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca), and Nicaragua.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. deppii are forest, shrubland, grassland, and rocky areas, at altitudes of 0–1,200 m (0–3,937 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

A. deppii is oviparous.^[2]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

Aspidoscelis deppii infernalis (Duellman & Wellman, 1960)
Aspidoscelis deppii deppii (Wiegmann, 1834)
Aspidoscelis deppii schizophorus (H.M. Smith & Brandon, 1968 )

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Aspidoscelis.

References

1 2 Solórzano A, Flores-Villela O, Chaves G, Lamar W (2013). "Aspidoscelis deppii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T178714A1542973. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T178714A1542973.en. Downloaded on 11 June 2019.
1 2 3 4 Aspidoscelis deppii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 June 2019.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Aspidoscelis deppei, p. 70).

Duellman WE, Wellman J (1960). "A Systematic Study of the Lizards of The Deppei [sic] Group (Genus Cnemidophorus) in Mexico and Guatemala". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (111): 1-80 + Plate I. (Cnemidophorus deppei infernalis, new subspecies, pp. 32–35, 75, Figures 11 D-F + Plate I, top).
Martínez-Fonseca JG, Reid FA, Sunyer J (2016). "Aspidoscelis deppii (Wiegmann, 1834). Diet". Mesoamerican Herpetology3 (2): 480-481.
Smith HM, Brandon RA (1968). "Data Nova Herpetologica Mexicana ". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science71 (1): 49-61. (Cnemidophorus deppei schizophorus, new subspecies, p. 55).
Wiegmann AFA (1834). Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense pervenerunt. Pars prima, saurorum species amplectens. Adiecto systematis saurorum prodromo, additisque multis in hunc amphibiorum ordinem observationibus. Berlin: C.G. Lüderitz. vi + 54 pp. + Plates I-X. (Cnemidophorus deppii, new species, p. 28). (in Latin).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 Solórzano A, Flores-Villela O, Chaves G, Lamar W (2013). "Aspidoscelis deppii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T178714A1542973. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T178714A1542973.en. Downloaded on 11 June 2019.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Aspidoscelis deppii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 June 2019.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Aspidoscelis deppei, p. 70).

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