Aspidoscelis deppii

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Aspidoscelis deppii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Cnemidophorus
Species:
C. deppii
Binomial name
Cnemidophorus deppii
(Wiegmann, 1834)
Synonyms [2]
  • Aspidoscelis deppii
    Wiegmann, 1834
  • Cnemidophorus deppei [sic]
    Gadow, 1906
    ( ex errore )
  • Aspidoscelis deppii
    Reeder et al., 2002

Cnemidophorus 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.

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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]

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

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References

  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.
  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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