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Aspidoscelis angusticeps (COPE, 1878)

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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesAspidoscelis angusticeps petenensis (BEARGIE & MCCOY 1964)
Aspidoscelis angusticeps angusticeps (COPE 1877) 
Common NamesE: Yucatan Whiptail
S: Cuiji Yucateco 
SynonymCnemidophorus angusticeps COPE 1878: 95
Cnemidophorus sackii angusticeps — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 183
Cnemidophorus angusticeps — STUART 1963
Cnemidophorus angusticeps — PETERS et al. 1970: 92
Cnemidophorus angusticeps — LINER 1994
Cnemidophorus angusticeps — KÖHLER 2000: 100
Aspidoscelis angusticeps — REEDER et al. 2002

Aspidoscelis angusticeps angusticeps (COPE 1877)
Cnemidophorus angusticeps COPE 1878: 95
Cnemidophorus angusticeps angusticeps — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis angusticeps angusticeps — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis angusticeps angusticeps — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008

Aspidoscelis angusticeps petenensis (BEARGIE & MCCOY 1964)
Cnemidophorus angusticeps petenensis BEARGIE & MCCOY 1964: 565
Cnemidophorus angusticeps petenensis — KLUGE 1984
Cnemidophorus angusticeps petenensis — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis angusticeps petenensis — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis angusticeps petenensis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 
DistributionMexico (Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche), Guatemala, Belize

angusticeps: N Yucatán

petenensis: Basis of the Yucatán peninsula. Type locality: Guatemala, El Petén, La Libertad.

Type locality: “Yucatán”. Restricted to Chichen Itzá by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 24876-24878
Holotype: UMMZ 74980 [petenensis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2516 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentGenome: Colston et al. 2025. 
References
  • Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - get paper here
  • Badillo-Saldaña, L.M., Pineda, E. & Ramírez-Bautista, A. 2024. From tropical forest to agroecosystems: changes in functional and species diversity of lizards in Mexican Caribbean. Agroforest Syst (2024) - get paper here
  • Beargie, K. & McCoy, C.J. 1964. Variation and relationships of the teiid lizard Cnemidophorus angusticeps. Copeia 1964 (3): 561-570 - get paper here
  • Campbell, J.A. 1998. Amphibians and reptiles of northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, xiii + 380 pp. - get paper here
  • Colston, Timothy J., Stacy Pirro, and R. Alexander Pyron. 2025. The Complete Genome Sequences of 101 Species of Reptiles. Biodiversity Genomes, February - get paper here
  • Colston, Timothy J.; José António L. Barão-Nóbrega, Ryan Manders, Alice Lett, Jamie Wilmott, Gavin Cameron, Sidony Hunter, Adam Radage, Etienne Littlefair, Robert J. Williams, Antonio Lopez Cen, Kathy Slater 2015. Amphibians and reptiles of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, México, with new records. Check List 11 (5): 1759 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1878. Tenth contribution to the herpetology of Tropical America. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 17: 85-98 [1877] - get paper here
  • Duellman, W. E., & ZWEIFEL, R. G. 1962. A synopsis of the lizards of the sexlineatus group (genus Cnemidophorus). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 123: 155-210. - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
  • Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
  • Koller, Rene 2005. Herpetologoische waarnemingen in Belize, deel 2: reptielen. Lacerta 63 (1): 4-19 - get paper here
  • Lee, J. C. 2000. A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Maya world. Cornell University Press, Ithaca,
  • Lee, J.C. 1996. The amphibians and reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 500 pp.
  • Manríquez-Morán, Norma L., Fausto R. Méndez-de la Cruz, and Robert W. Murphy 2014. Genetic Variation and Origin of Parthenogenesis in the Aspidoscelis cozumela Complex: Evidence from Mitochondrial Genes. Zoological Science 31, No. 1: 14-19. - get paper here
  • Maslin, T. & Secoy, D.M. 1986. A checklist of the lizard genus Cnemidophorus (Teiidae). Contr. Zool. Univ. Colorado Mus. 1: 1-60
  • Moritz, Craig C.; Wright, John W.; Singh, V.; Brown, Wesley M. 1992. Mitochondrial DNA analysis and the origin and relative age of parthenogenetic Cnemidophorus. V. The cozumelae species group. Herpetologica 48 (4): 417-424
  • Nahuat-Cervera, Pedro Enrique 2020. Amphibians and reptiles of the Hobonil Educative Center, Tzucacab, Yucatán, Mexico. Rev. Latinoamer. Herp. 3 (1): 53-65 - get paper here
  • REEDER, T.W.; CHARLES J. COLE AND HERBERT C. DESSAUER 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of Whiptail Lizards of the Genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae): A Test of Monophyly, Reevaluation of Karyotypic Evolution, and Review of Hybrid Origins. American Museum Novitates 3365: 1-64 - get paper here
  • Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here
  • Smith, Hobart M. 1939. Notes on Mexican reptiles and amphibians. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 24 (4): 15-35 - get paper here
  • Stuart, L.C. 1963. A checklist of the herpetofauna of Guatemala. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (No. 122): 1-150 - get paper here
  • Taylor, Harry L.; Charles J. Cole, and Christopher R. Cooley 2014. Origins and Evolution in the Aspidoscelis cozumela Complex of Parthenogenetic Teiid Lizards: Morphological and Karyotypic Evidence and Paradoxes. Journal of Herpetology Sep 2014, Vol. 48, No. 3: 343-354. - get paper here
 
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