Aspidoscelis parvisocius (ZWEIFEL, 1960)
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Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Mexican Pigmy Whiptail S: Huico Pigmeo |
Synonym | Cnemidophorus parvisocius ZWEIFEL 1960 Cnemidophorus parvisocius — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962 Cnemidophorus communis australis GADOW 1906: 352 (part.) Cnemidophorus sexlineatus gularis BURT 1931: 117 (part.) Cnemidophorus parvisocius — MASLIN & SECOY 1986 Cnemidophorus parvisocius — LINER 1994 Aspidoscelis parvisocia — REEDER et al. 2002 Aspidoscelis parvisocia — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015 Aspidoscelis parvisocius — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013 |
Distribution | Mexico (Oaxaca), elevaion 580-1050 m
Type locality: Cuicatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: AMNH 65774 |
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Etymology | Named after Latin parvus, small, little + Latin socius, sharing; associated; allied. [“...In the vicinity of the city of Oaxaca the very large Cnemidophorus sacki australis is found together with C. sacki bocourti, a smaller form. Cnemidophorus s. australis also occurs in northern Oaxaca and adjacent Puebla and is paired with a smaller species that has escaped the critical attention of herpetologists...”]. |
References |
- Casas-Andreu, G., F.R. Méndez-De la Cruz and X. Aguilar-Miguel. 2004. Anfibios y Reptiles; pp. 375–390, in A.J.M. García-Mendoza, J. Ordoñez and M. Briones-Salas (ed.). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. Instituto de Biología, UNAM-Fondo Oaxaqueño para la Conservación de la Naturaleza-World Wildlife Fund, México, D. F.
- 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
- Maslin, T. & Secoy, D.M. 1986. A checklist of the lizard genus Cnemidophorus (Teiidae). Contr. Zool. Univ. Colorado Mus. 1: 1-60
- Maslin, T. Paul; Walker, J. Martin 1973. Variation, distribution and behavior of the lizard, Cnemidophorus parvisocius Zweifel (Lacertilia: teiidae). Herpetologica 29 (2): 128-143 - get paper here
- Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. 2015. The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62 - get paper here
- Pyron, R. Alexander; Frank T. Burbrink 2013. Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles. Ecology Letters 17 (1): 13–21 (published online 2013, in print 2014), DOI: 10.1111/ele.12168 - 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
- Zweifel, Richard G. 1960. A new species of lizard (Genus Cnemidophorus) from Mexico. American Museum Novitates (1998): 1-8 - get paper here
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