Aspidoscelis hyperythrus (COPE, 1863)

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Higher Taxa	Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Aspidoscelis hyperythrus beldingi (STEJNEGER 1894) Aspidoscelis hyperythrus hyperythrus (COPE 1863) Aspidoscelis hyperythrus schmidti (VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921)
Common Names	E: beldingi: Belding’s Orange-throated Whiptail G: Orangekehlige Rennechse S: Huico Garganta Naranja
Synonym	Cnemidophorus hyperythrus hyperythrus COPE 1863: 103 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus COPE 1864: 103 Verticaria hyperythra — VAN DENBURGH 1895: 128 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus — GADOW 1906: 307 Verticaria hyperythra hyperythra — VAN DENBURGH 1922: 556 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus hyperythrus — BURT 1929: 154 (part.) Verticaria espiritensis VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921: 397 Verticaria franciscensis VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus hyperythrus — SMITH 1939 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus hyperythrus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 187 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus hyperythrus — STEBBINS 1985: 152 Cnemidophorus espiritensis — GRISMER 1999 Cnemidophorus franciscensis — GRISMER 1999 Aspidoscelis hyperythra — REEDER et al. 2002 Aspidoscelis espiritensis — REEDER et al. 2002 Aspidoscelis franciscensis — REEDER et al. 2002 Aspidoscelis hyperythra — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009 Aspidoscelis hyperythrus — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013 Aspidoscelis hyperythra — LEMOS-ESPINAL 2015 Aspidoscelis hyperythrus beldingi (STEJNEGER 1894) Verticaria beldingi STEJNEGER 1894 Verticaria hyperythra beldingi — VAN DENBURGH 1895: 131 Verticaria hyperythra beldingi — VAN DENBURGH 1912: 150 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus beldingi — GRINNELL & CAMP 1917 Verticaria hyperythra beldingi — VAN DENBURGH 1922: 560 Verticaria hyperythra beldingi — KLAUBER 1928 Verticaria hyperythra beldingi — WRIGHT & WRIGHT 1931 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus beldingi — SMITH 1946 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus beldingi — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 186 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus beldingi — STEBBINS 1985: 153 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus beldingi — MASLIN & SECOY 1986 Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi — REEDER et al. 2002 Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi — CROTHER et al. 2012: 34 Aspidoscelis hyperythrus schmidti (VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921) Verticaria hyperythra schmidti VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921: 397 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus schmidti — LINSDALE 1932: 373 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus schmidti — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 187 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus schmidti — BOSTIC 1971 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus schmidti — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Distribution	USA (S California), Mexico (Baja California) beldingi: SW California southward on Pacific slopes (not Gulf) to Cedros Island. Type locality: “Cerros” Island, Baja California. hyperythrus: Southern third of the peninsula of Baja California and adjacent islands on both the Gulf and Pacific sides. Type locality: Cape San Lucas, Baja California. schmidti: The central fifth of the peninsula of Baja California and adjacent islands. Type locality: San Marcos Island, Gulf of California, Baja California.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: USNM 5299; USNM 5299A was described by Burt (1931:226) and was formally selected as lectotype by Maslin and Secoy (1986:20). Holotype: USNM 11980 collected by L. Belding, [beldingi] Holotype: CAS 50512 [schmidti]
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Comment	Subspecies, synonymy and distribution after SMITH & TAYLOR 1950 and more subspecies after LINER 1994. GRISMER (1999) elevated a number of species to full species status, including espiritensis, franciscensis. All belong to the Aspidoscelis deppii group (fide REEDER et al. 2002). Aspidoscelis hyperythra displays a significant morphological shift between southern and northern populations at the Isthmus of La Paz. However, there are no fixed character states, such as number of pale dorsal stripes, diagnostic of southern and northern populations. The co-occurrence in local populations of variable numbers of individuals with five, six, or seven stripes makes peninsular A. hyperythra an unusual member of the A. deppii species-group, where number of stripes is consistent in local populations (Taylor & Walker 2014).
Etymology	Named after Greek hyper = above, beyond, over and Greek erythros = red. A. h. beldingi was named after Lyman Belding.
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