Holbrookia maculata

Holbrookia maculata
Holbrookia maculata,
lesser earless lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptiliaia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Holbrookia
Species: H. maculata
Binomial name
Holbrookia maculata
Girard, 1851

Holbrookia maculata, commonly known as the lesser earless lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard endemic to the southwestern and central United States and northern Mexico.

Geographic range

H. maculata is found in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming, as well as in the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, and Nuevo León.

Subspecies

The nine recognized subspecies of Holbrookia maculata, many of which in the past held full species status, are:

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