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Crotaphytus reticulatus BAIRD, 1858

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Higher TaxaCrotaphytidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Reticulate Collared Lizard
S: reticulada de Collar 
SynonymCrotaphytus reticulatus BAIRD 1858: 253
Crotaphytus reticulatus — COPE 1900: 254
Crotaphytus reticulatus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 93
Crotaphytus reticulatus — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 97
Crotaphytus reticulatus — LINER 1994
Crotaphytus reticulatus — LINER 2007
Crotaphytus reticulatus — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionUSA (S Texas),
Mexico (NE Coahuila, N/SE Nuevo Leon, NW Tamaulipas)

Type locality: Laredo and Ringgold Barracks, Texas. Restricted to Laredo by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 2692 and 2731 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Crotaphytus reticulatus can be distinguished from all other species of Crotaphytusexcept C. antiquus by the presence of an adult color pattern consisting of white reticulations, some of which enclose black pigmentation, and the presence of jet black femoral pores in males. It can be distinguished from C. antiquw by the dorsal coloration of golden tan rather than dark brown and by the presence of black pigments in only a subset of the dorsal body reticulations rather than in all or nearly all of them. It can be further distinguished from C. collaris by the presence of dark brown or black pigmentation in the gular fold (= ventrally complete anterior collar) in adult males. It can be further distinguished from C. antiquus, C. nebrius, C. dickersonae, C. grismeri, C. bicinctores, C. insularis, and C. vestigiurn by the absence in adult males of small or large dark brown or black inguinal patches. It may be further distinguished from C. dickersonae. C. grismeri, C.bicinctores, C.insularis, and C. vestigium by the absence in adult males of a strongly laterally compressed tail, a white or off-white dorsal caudal stripe, and a pale tan or white patternless region on the dorsal surface of the head. It may be further distinguished from C.grismeri, C. bicinctores, C.insularis, and C.vestigium by the presence of black oral melanin (McGuire 1996: 92). 
CommentConsidered as of uncertain status by BOULENGER (1885: 203). 
EtymologyFrom the Latin reticulatus, made like a net. In reference to the net-like dorsal and gular pattern of white reticulations present in this species. 
References
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  • Brown, Bryce C. 1942. Notes on Crotaphytus reticulatus. Copeia 1942 (3): 176 - get paper here
  • Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
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  • Klein, T., Jr. 1951. Notes on the Feeding Habits of Crotaphytus reticulatus Herpetologica 7 (4): 200. - get paper here
  • Lazcano D, Nevárez-de los Reyes M, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, Wilson LD. 2019. The herpetofauna of Coahuila, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 31–94 (e189) - get paper here
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