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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Phrynosomatidae
Bibliography of the genus Callisaurus
Biodiversity of the family Phrynosomatidae








Genus
Callisaurus

Zebra-tailed Lizard

Zebraschwanzleguan, Gitterschwanzleguan

Zebrahaleleguan

1835 Callisaurus Blainville (type species: Callisaurus draconoides Blainville 1835)
1843 Megadactylus Fitzinger (type species: Callisaurus draconoides Blainville 1835; syn. Smith & Taylor 1950)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Callisaurus draconoides

Zebra-tailed Lizard, Gridiron-tailed Lizard

Zebraschwanzleguan, Gitterschwanzleguan

Zebrahaleleguan

1835 Callisaurus draconoides Blainville
1852 Homalosaurus ventralis Hallowell (Schmidt 1953)
Callisaurus ventralis Baird 1859
Callisaurus draconoides ventralis Cope 1900
1896 Callisaurus crinitus Cope (Smith & Taylor 1950)
Callisaurus draconoides crinitus Tevis 1944
1896 Callisaurus rhodostictus Cope (Smith & Taylor 1950)
Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus Smith & Cochran 1956
1900 Callisaurus ventralis gabbii Cope (Schmidt 1953)
Callisaurus draconoides gabbii Linsdale 1932
1915 Callisaurus ventralis myurus Richardson (Schmidt 1953)
Callisaurus draconoides myurus Linsdale 1940
1919 Callisaurus carmenensis Dickerson (Smith & Taylor 1950)
Callisaurus draconoides carmenensis Van Denburgh 1922
1919 Callisaurus inusitatus Dickerson (Smith & Taylor 1950)
Callisaurus ventralis inusitatus Schmidt 1922
Callisaurus draconoides inusitatus Smith & Taylor 1950
1919 Callisaurus plasticus Dickerson (Smith & Taylor 1950)
1919 Callisaurus splendidus Dickerson (Smith & Taylor 1950; Grismer 1999)
Callisaurus draconoides splendidus Smith & Taylor 1950
1942 Callisaurus draconoides brevipes Bogert & Dorson
1943 Callisaurus draconoides bogerti Martin del Campo

Other common names:
bogerti: Bogert's Zebra-tailed Lizard
brevipes: Short-footed Zebra-tailed Lizard
carmenensis: Carmen Island Zebra-tailed Lizard
crinitus: Viscaino Zebra-tailed Lizard
draconoides: Common Zebra-tailed Lizard
inusitatus: Sonoran Zebra-tailed Lizard
myurus: Northern Zebra-tailed Lizard, Nevada Zebra-tailed Lizard
rhodostictus: Western Zebra-tailed Lizard, Mojave Zebra-tailed Lizard
splendidus: Angel Island Zebra-tailed Lizard
ventralis: Eastern Zebra-tailed Lizard, Arizona Zebra-tailed Lizard
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte [incl. Isla Angel de la Guarda], Baja California Sur [incl. Isla Carmen, Isla Cerralvo], Sinaloa, Sonora), USA (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah).


Callisaurus draconoides
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