Aspidoscelis sackii

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Aspidoscelis sackii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Aspidoscelis
Species:
A. sackii
Binomial name
Aspidoscelis sackii
(Wiegmann, 1834)
Synonyms [2]
List
  • Cnemidophorus sackii
    Wiegmann, 1834
  • Cnemidophorus sexlineatus sackii
    Burt, 1931
  • Cnemidophorus sackii
    H.M. Smith, 1949
  • Aspidoscelis sackii
    Reeder et al., 2002

Aspidoscelis sackii, known commonly as Sack's spotted whiptail, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies.

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Taxonomy

The specific name, sackii, is in honor of German explorer Baron Sebastian Albert von Sack. [3]

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.

Distribution and habitat

A. sackii is found in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Guerrero, Mexico City, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, and Tamaulipas. [2]

The preferred natural habitats of A. sackii are forest, shrubland, and desert. [1]

Reproduction

A. sackii is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Canseco-Márquez L, Campbell JA, Ponce-Campos P, Muñoz-Alonso A (2007). "Aspidoscelis sackii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64285A12753419. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64285A12753419.en. Downloaded on 13 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Aspidoscelis sackii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 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 sackii, p. 231).

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