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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesAspidoscelis deppii infernalis (DUELLMAN & WELLMAN 1969)
Aspidoscelis deppii deppii (WIEGMANN 1834)
Aspidoscelis deppii schizophorus (SMITH & BRANDON 1968) 
Common NamesE: Blackbelly Racerunner
S: Cuiji Panzanegra 
SynonymCnemidophorus deppii WIEGMANN 1834: 28
Cnemidophorus decemlineatus HALLOWELL 1861: 482
Cnemidophorus lativittis COPE 1878: 94
Cnemidophorus deppii — GÜNTHER 1885: 27
Cnemidophorus alfaronis COPE 1894: 199
Cnemidophorus deppei — GADOW 1906: 309
Cnemidophorus deppei oligoporus SMITH 1939: 26
Cnemidophorus deppii deppii — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 178
Cnemidophorus deppii oligoporus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 179
Cnemidophorus deppii deppii — WERLER & SMITH 1952
Cnemidophorus alfaronis — TAYLOR 1956: 276
Cnemidophorus deppei deppei — STUART 1963
Cnemidophorus deppii — PETERS et al. 1970: 93
Cnemidophorus deppii deppii — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Cnemidophorus deppei — LINER 1994
Cnemidophorus deppii — BAUER & GÜNTHER 1994
Cnemidophorus deppii — KÖHLER 2000: 100
Aspidoscelis deppii — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidocelis deppii — PERCINO-DANIEL et al. 2013 (in error)
Aspidoscelis deppii — MCCRANIE 2015
Aspidoscelis deppei — GOICOECHEA et al. 2016
Aspidoscelis deppii — CRUZ-SÁENZ et al. 2017
Aspidoscelis deppii — SUNYER & MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA 2023

Aspidoscelis deppii infernalis (DUELLMAN & WELLMAN 1960)
Cnemidophorus deppii infernalis DUELLMAN & WELLMAN 1969
Cnemidophorus deppii infernalis — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis deppii infernalis — REEDER et al. 2002
Cnemidophorus deppii infernalis — CASTRO-FRANCO & BUSTOS-ZAGAL 2003
Aspidoscelis deppii infernalis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008

Aspidoscelis deppii schizophorus (SMITH & BRANDON 1968)
Cnemidophorus deppei schizophorus SMITH & BRANDON 1968: 55
Cnemidophorus deppei schizophorus — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis deppii schizophora — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis deppii schizophorus — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 
DistributionMexico (Morelos, Michoacan; Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Jalisco),
Belize ?, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica

Type locality: Mexico. Restricted to Tehuantepec, Oaxaca (by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950)

infernalis: Mexico (Guerrero, Morelos); Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Mexcala, Río Balsas, 370 m elevation.

oligoporus: Mexico (Atlantic slopes from N Veracruz to Campeche). Type locality: Perez, Veracruz.

schizophorus: Mexico (Veracruz); Type locality: Mexico: ca. 2 mi S Tecolutla on Rt. 180, Veracruz.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 882 (collected by F. Deppe)
Holotype: Chicago Nat. Hist. Mus. 29145 (oligoporus)
Lectotype: USNM 6058; Syntypes: ANSP 9627-29 (3); Nicaragua [decemlineatus]
Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 79072, R. Brandon; June 26, 1965 [schizophorus]
Holotype: UMMZ 114783; male; W. E. Duellman; 21 June 1956 [infernalis]
Holotype: USNM 30227 [Cnemidophorus lativittis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1300 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly after PETERS et al. 1970 and SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.

Distribution: not in Yucatan state (Mexico) according to GONZÁLEZ-SÁNCHEZ et al. 2017. Not listed for Belize by KÖHLER (2000).

Group: Belongs to the Aspidoscelis deppii group (fide REEDER et al. 2002). 
EtymologyNamed after the collector of the types, Ferdinand Deppe. 
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