Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Holbrookia
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Lesser Earless Lizards
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Kleine Taubleguane
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Små Døvleguaner, Øreløse Leguaner
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Holbrookia Girard (type species: Holbrookia maculata Girard 1851) |
Contents:
6 species, of which 1 (16.7%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included
Cophosaurus.
Distribution:
USA, Mexico.
Reported from:
Mexico
(Aguascalientes,
Chihuahua,
Coahuila,
Durango,
Guanajuato,
Jalisco,
Nuevo Leon,
San Luis Potosi,
Sinaloa,
Sonora,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz,
Zacatecas),
USA
(Arizona,
Colorado,
Kansas,
Nebraska,
New Mexico,
Oklahoma,
South Dakota,
Texas,
Utah,
Wyoming).
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Holbrookia approximans
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Blue-bellied Earless Lizard, (Speckled Earless Lizard)
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Blaubäuchiger Taubleguan
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Blåbuget Døvleguan
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1858 | |
Holbrookia approximans Baird |
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Holbrookia maculata approximans Stejneger 1890 |
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1921 | |
Holbrookia maculata campi Schmidt (Schmidt 1953) |
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1921 | |
Holbrookia dickersonae Schmidt (Lemos-Espinal & Dixon 2013) |
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Holbrookia maculata dickersonae Smith & Mittleman 1943 |
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1921 | |
Holbrookia pulchra Schmidt (Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007) |
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Holbrookia maculata pulchra Smith 1946 |
Other common names:
approximans: Speckled Earless Lizard
dickersonae: Dickerson's Earless Lizard
pulchra: Huachuca Earless Lizard
Remarks:
Regarded as a separate species by most authors (e.g., Lemos-Espinal, Smith & Chiszar 2000; Lemos-Espinal & Dixon 2013), however, some authors (e.g., Queiroz & Reeder in Crother (ed.) 2008; Jones & Lovich (eds.) 2009) have retained approximans as a subspecies of maculata.
Distribution:
Mexico
(Aguascalientes,
Chihuahua,
Coahuila,
Durango,
Guanajuato,
Jalisco,
Nuevo Leon,
San Luis Potosi,
Sonora,
Zacatecas),
USA
(Arizona,
Colorado,
New Mexico,
Texas,
Utah).
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Holbrookia elegans
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Mexican Earless Lizard, Elegant Earless Lizard, Pacific Earless Lizard
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Mexikanischer Taubleguan
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Mexicansk Døvleguan
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1874 | |
Holbrookia elegans Bocourt |
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Holbrookia maculata elegans Smith & Taylor 1950 |
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1921 | |
Holbrookia thermophila Barbour (Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007) |
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Holbrookia elegans thermophila Smith 1935 |
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Holbrookia maculata thermophila Smith 1946 |
Other common names:
elegans: Canyon Earless Lizard
thermophila: Sonoran Earless Lizard, Western Earless Lizard
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Lowe (1964), which was supported by Adest (1978) and Wilgenbusch & Queiroz (2000) and followed by most subsequent works (e.g., Smith, Lemos-Espinal & Chiszar 2004; Brennan & Holycross 2006; Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007).
Distribution:
Mexico
(Chihuahua,
Durango,
Sinaloa,
Sonora),
USA
(Arizona,
New Mexico).
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Holbrookia elegans
© Rune Midtgaard
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Holbrookia lacerata
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Northern Spot-tailed Earless Lizard
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Nördlicher Schwanzflecken-Taubleguan
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Nordlig Plethalet Døvleguan
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Holbrookia lacerata Cope |
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Holbrookia maculata lacerata Stejneger 1890 |
Remarks:
Previously included subcaudalis.
Distribution:
USA
(Texas).
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Holbrookia maculata
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Common Lesser Earless Lizard, (Speckled Earless Lizard)
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Gefleckter Taubleguan
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Plettet Døvleguan
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1851 | |
Holbrookia maculata Girard |
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1883 | |
Holbrookia maculata flavilenta Cope (Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2007a, 2007b) |
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1935 | |
Holbrookia bunkeri Smith (Williams & Smith 1958) |
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Holbrookia maculata bunkeri Williams & Smith 1958 |
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1943 | |
Holbrookia maculata ruthveni Smith |
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1956 | |
Holbrookia maculata perspicua Axtell |
Other common names:
bunkeri: Bunker's Earless Lizard
flavilenta: Striped Earless Lizard
maculata: Great Plains Earless Lizard, Northern Earless Lizard
perspicua: Prairie Earless Lizard, Eastern Earless Lizard
ruthveni: Bleached Earless Lizard
Remarks:
Previously included approximans and elegans.
Distribution:
Mexico
(Chihuahua),
USA
(Arizona,
Colorado,
Kansas,
Nebraska,
New Mexico,
Oklahoma,
South Dakota,
Texas,
Utah,
Wyoming).
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Holbrookia propinqua
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Keeled Earless Lizard
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Gekielter Taubleguan
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Kølskællet Døvleguan
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Holbrookia propinqua Baird & Girard |
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Holbrookia maculata propinqua Cope 1875 |
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1932 | |
Holbrookia propinqua stonei Harper (Axtell 1983) |
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1950 | |
Holbrookia propinqua piperata Smith & Burger |
Other common names:
piperata: Southern Keeled Earless Lizard
propinqua: Northern Keeled Earless Lizard
Distribution:
Mexico
(Tamaulipas,
Veracruz),
USA
(Texas).
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Holbrookia subcaudalis
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Tamaulipan Spot-tailed Earless Lizard, Southern Earless Lizard
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Südlicher Schwanzflecken-Taubleguan
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Sydlig Plethalet Døvleguan
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Holbrookia lacerata subcaudalis Axtell |
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Holbrookia subcaudalis Collins 1991 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of lacerata (e.g., Axtell 1956; Midtgaard 2019).
Raised to species status by Collins (1991), supported by
Hibbits, Ryberg, Harvey, Voelker, Lawing, Adams, Neuharth, Dittmer, Duran, Wolaver, Pierre, Labay & LaDuc (2019).
Tamaulipas is included in the distribution, based on Hibbits & al. (2019), however, these authors did not refer to any voucher specimens.
Farr, Lazcano & Lavín-Murcio (2013) noted that they were not aware of any confirmed records of the species from Tamaulipas.
Distribution:
Mexico
(Coahuila,
Nuevo Leon,
Tamaulipas),
USA
(Texas).
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