Aspidoscelis

Aspidoscelis
	California whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris munda)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Aspidoscelis; Fitzinger, 1843
Species
	Over 40, see text.

Aspidoscelis is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae.

Taxonomy

The nomenclature for the genus Aspidoscelis was published by T.W. Reeder et al. in 2002. Many species that were formerly included in the genus Cnemidophorus are now considered Aspidoscelis based upon divergent characters between the two groups.

Etymology

The name Aspidoscelis literally means "shield-leg", from the Ancient Greek aspido- ("shield") and skelos ("leg").^[2]

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[1]^[3]

Aspidoscelis angusticeps (Cope, 1878) – Yucatán whiptail
Aspidoscelis arizonae (Van Denburgh, 1896) – Arizona striped whiptail
Aspidoscelis burti (E.H. Taylor, 1938) – canyon spotted whiptail
Aspidoscelis calidipes (Duellman, 1955) – Tepalcatepec Valley whiptail
Aspidoscelis carmenensis (Maslin & Secoy, 1986) – Carmen Island whiptail
Aspidoscelis ceralbensis (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921) – Cerralvo Island whiptail
Aspidoscelis communis (Cope, 1878) – Colima giant whiptail
Aspidoscelis costatus (Cope, 1878) – western Mexico whiptail lizard
Aspidoscelis cozumela (Gadow, 1906) – Cozumel racerunner
Aspidoscelis danheimae (Burt, 1929) – Isla San José whiptail
Aspidoscelis deppii (Wiegmann, 1834) – blackbelly racerunner
Aspidoscelis dixoni (Scudday, 1973) – gray checkered whiptail
Aspidoscelis espiritensis (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921) – Espiritu Santo whiptail
Aspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe, 1956) – Chihuahuan spotted whiptail
Aspidoscelis franciscensis (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921) – San Francisco Island whiptail
Aspidoscelis gularis (Baird & Girard, 1852) – Texas spotted whiptail
Aspidoscelis guttatus (Wiegmann, 1834) – Mexican racerunner
Aspidoscelis hyperythrus (Cope, 1864) – orange-throated whiptail
Aspidoscelis inornatus (Baird, 1859) – little striped whiptail
Aspidoscelis labialis (Stejneger, 1890) – Baja California whiptail
Aspidoscelis laredoensis (McKinney, Kay & R. Anderson, 1973) – Laredo striped whiptail
Aspidoscelis lineattissimus (Cope, 1878) – many-lined whiptail
Aspidoscelis marmoratus (Baird & Girard, 1852) – marbled whiptail
Aspidoscelis martyris (Stejneger, 1891) – San Pedro Martir whiptail
Aspidoscelis maslini (Fritts, 1969) – Maslin's whiptail
Aspidoscelis maximus (Cope, 1864) – Cape Region whiptail
Aspidoscelis mexicanus (W. Peters, 1869) – Mexican whiptail
Aspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941) – giant whiptail
Aspidoscelis neomexicanus (Lowe & Zweifel, 1952) – New Mexico whiptail
Aspidoscelis neotesselatus (Walker, Cordes & H.L. Taylor, 1997) – Colorado checkered whiptail, triploid checkered whiptail
Aspidoscelis opatae (Wright, 1967) – Opata whiptail
Aspidoscelis pai (Wright & Lowe, 1993) – Pai striped whiptail
Aspidoscelis parvisocius (Zweifel, 1960) – Mexican pigmy whiptail
Aspidoscelis pictus (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921) – Isla Monserrate whiptail
Aspidoscelis preopatae Barley, Reeder, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Cole & Thomson, 2021
Aspidoscelis rodecki (C.J. McCoy & Maslin, 1962) – Rodeck's whiptail
Aspidoscelis sackii (Wiegmann, 1834) – Sack's spotted whiptail
Aspidoscelis scalaris (Cope, 1892) – rusty-rumped whiptail
Aspidoscelis septemvittatus (Cope, 1892) – plateau spotted whiptail
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) – six-lined racerunner
Aspidoscelis sonorae (Lowe & Wright, 1964) – Sonoran spotted whiptail
Aspidoscelis stictogrammus (Burger, 1950) – giant spotted whiptail
Aspidoscelis tesselatus (Say, 1823) – common checkered whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris (Baird & Girard, 1852) – western whiptail
Aspidoscelis uniparens (Wright & Lowe, 1965) – desert grassland whiptail lizard
Aspidoscelis velox (Springer, 1928) – plateau striped whiptail
Aspidoscelis xanthonotus (Duellman & Lowe, 1953) – red-backed whiptail

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

Speciation

In 2011, it was announced that a parthenogenetic hybrid Aspidocelis was bred in the laboratory.^[4] This serves as a demonstration of how other hybrid parthenogens in this genus may have arisen.

References

^ ^a ^b Genus Aspidoscelis at Encyclopedia of Life. eol.org
^ "Aspidoscelis sexlineata". Illinois Natural History Survey. University of Illinois. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2015-11-14. Etymology: Aspidoscelis - aspido (Greek) shield; -skelos (Greek) meaning leg
^ Genus Aspidocelis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ Lutes, Aracely A.; Baumann, Diana P.; Neaves, William B.; Baumann, Peter (2011). "Laboratory synthesis of an independently reproducing vertebrate species". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (24): 9910–9915. doi:10.1073/pnas.1102811108. PMC 3116429. PMID 21543715.

External links

Reeder, Tod W.; Cole, Charles J.; Dessauer, Herbert C. (2002). "Phylogenetic relationships of whiptail lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata, Teiidae) : a test of monophyly, reevaluation of karyotypic evolution, and review of hybrid origins". American Museum Novitates (3365): 1-61. [1]

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[EOL-1] Genus Aspidoscelis at Encyclopedia of Life. eol.org

[2] "Aspidoscelis sexlineata". Illinois Natural History Survey. University of Illinois. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2015-11-14. Etymology: Aspidoscelis - aspido (Greek) shield; -skelos (Greek) meaning leg

[3] Genus Aspidocelis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[4] Lutes, Aracely A.; Baumann, Diana P.; Neaves, William B.; Baumann, Peter (2011). "Laboratory synthesis of an independently reproducing vertebrate species". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (24): 9910–9915. doi:10.1073/pnas.1102811108. PMC 3116429. PMID 21543715.

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