Aspidoscelis burti (TAYLOR, 1938)
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Aspidoscelis burti
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| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Canyon Spotted Whiptail S: Huico Manchado de Cañón |
| Synonym | Cnemidophorus burti TAYLOR 1938: 485 Cnemidophorus burti burti — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962: 174 Cnemidophorus burti — STEBBINS 1985: 153 Cnemidophorus burti burti — MASLIN & SECOY 1986 Cnemidophorus burti — LINER 1994 Aspidoscelis burti — REEDER et al. 2002 Aspidoscelis burti burti — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 Aspidoscelis burti — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009 Aspidoscelis burti griseocephalus Cnemidophorus burti griseocephalus Cnemidophorus costatus griseocephalus Cnemidophorus burti griseocephalus — WRIGHT Aspidoscelis burti — BEZY & COLE et al. 2014 Aspidoscelis burti — BARLEY et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Sonora), USA (Arizona) Type locality: La Posa, 10 miles northwest of Guayamas, Sonora (fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 185) |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: FMNH 100004 (was EHT-HMS 13117) (fide SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 185) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=7): Related to C. perplexus, but with a tendeney toward a reversal of the typical color pattern. The young are five-lined; brownish or tan dots on a dark-brown background between much widened, bright, cream-colored, lateral lines, and between the dorsolateral and the broad, lavender, median lines. Most of the older specimens lose practically all trace of the dots and the pair of lateral lines on each side are strongly intensified, while the median becomes dim lavender to reddish in color. The ground color becomes dark or light reddish-brown. (Taylor 1938) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3610 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy partly after SMITH & TAYLOR 1950. Not listed by SMith 1946, Handbook of Lizards. Suspecies: Aspidoscelis burti stictogramma (BURGER 1950) and Aspidoscelis burti xanthonota (DUELLMAN & LOWE 1953) are now considered as valid species. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. Charles Earle Burt (1904-1963), American herpetologist. He took his bachelor's degree at Kansas State Agricultural College, and his master's degree (1927) and doctorate (1930) at the University of Michigan. He worked at the American Museum of Natural History (1929-1930) and taught at Trinity College, Waxahachie, Texas (1930-1931), and at Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas (1932-1944). |
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