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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesAspidoscelis communis mariarum (GÜNTHER 1885)
Aspidoscelis communis communis (COPE 1878) 
Common NamesE: Colima Giant Whiptail
S: Moteado 
SynonymCnemidophorus communis COPE 1878: 95
Cnemidophorus communis copei GADOW 1906: 346
Cnemidophorus sackii communis — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 182
Cnemidophorus sackii communis — SMITH & BURGER 1950
Cnemidophorus sackii communis — WERLER & SMITH 1952
Cnemidophorus sacki communis — LEWIS 1956
Cnemidophorus sackii occidentalis — ZWEIFEL 1959: 81
Cnemidophorus communis — LINER 1994
Aspidoscelis communis — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis communis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008

Aspidoscelis communis mariarum (GÜNTHER 1885)
Cnemidophorus mariarum GÜNTHER 1885: 28
Cnemidophorus gularis mariarum — COPE 1892: 46
Cnemidophorus sackii mariarum — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 183
Cnemidophorus communis mariarum — ZWEIFEL 1959: 79
Cnemidophorus communis mariarum —DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962
Cnemidophorus communis mariarum — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis communis mariarum — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis communis mariarum — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008

Aspidoscelis communis communis (COPE 1878)
Cnemidophorus communis COPE 1878
Cnemidophorus gularis communis — COPE 1892: 46
Cnemidophorus communis communis — ZWEIFEL 1959: 74
Cnemidophorus communis communis — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis communis communis — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis communis communis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Aspidoscelis cf. communis — WERLER & SMITH 1952 
DistributionMexico (central plateau of Mexico, from Chihuahua southward; Pacific coast from the Balsas basin northward to S Sinaloa. Recorded from (?) Sonora, Chihuahua, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, Aguascalientes ?, Jalisco, Sinaloa, Nayarit (incl. Isabel Island), Colima, Michoacán, Distrito Federal, Veracruz, Morelos, Puebla, Guerrero).

mariarum: Mexico (Tres Matias group, Nayarit); Type locality: Mexico, Nayarit, Tres Marias Islands.

Type locality: not definitely stated: Colima, Guadalajara, Córdoba, Cobán (Guatemala) or San Antonio (Texas); restricted to Colima, Colima by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: USNM 31542 (designated by ZWEIFEL 1959: 74)
Holotype: lost (fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950), but later rediscovered in USNM
Syntypes: BMNH 1881.10.1.81, 1881.10.1.82, 1881.10.1.1.86-1881.10.1.88 [mariarum] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentSynonymy after SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.

Distribution: not listed for Querétaro by DIXON & LEMOS-ESPINAL 2010. Not listed for Aguascalientes by VÁSQUEZ-DIAZ & QUINTERO-DIAZ 2005. Not listed for San Luis Potosí by Lemos-Espinal & Dixon 2013 nor Lemos-Espinal et al. 2018 (checklist SLP). Not in Nuevo León fide LEMOS-ESPINAL et al. 2016. Not in Coahuila fide LEMOS-ESPINAL et al. 2016. Not in Puebla fide Woolrich-Piña 2018. Not in Durango fide Lemos-Espinal (2018). Not in Guanajuato fide Leyte-Manrique et al. 2022. Not in Zacatecas fide Sigala-Rodríguez et al. 2026. See map in Duellman & Zweifel 1962: 173 (Fig. 3). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin communis, common, ordinary, general, universal, public. [?].

A. c. mariarum was named after the type locality, name + Latin -arum, suffix indicating pertenence. ["...Hab. Mexico, Tres, from Spanish María, a given name + Latin -arum, suffix indicating pertinence. ["...Hab. Mexico, Tres Marias Islands…"]. 
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