Holbrookia subcaudalis AXTELL, 1956

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Higher Taxa	Phrynosomatidae, Phrynosomatinae, Callisaurini; Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Southern Earless Lizard, Southern Spot-tailed Earless Lizard S: Lagartija Sorda Meridional
Synonym	Holbrookia lacerata subcaudalis AXTELL 1956 Holbrookia lacerata subcaudalis — LINER et al. 1993 Holbrookia subcaudalis — LINER 1994 Holbrookia lacerata subcaudalis — LINER 2007 Holbrookia lacerata subcaudalis — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009 Holbrookia lacerata subcaudalis — ROELKE et al. 2018 Holbrookia subcaudalis — HIBBITTS et al. 2019
Distribution	Mexico (Tamaulipas ?, N Nuevo Leon), USA (Texas) Type locality: "In plowed field 4.8 miles east northeast (27° 36' N, 97° 45' W) of Bishop, Nueces County, Texas. Elevation 75 feet."
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: TNHC 20,000, adult male (R. Axtell, pers. comm., 21 May 2014)
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: Not in Coahuila fide Lazcano et al. 2019.
Etymology	The name subcaudalis, from the Latin sub = "below," and cauda "tail," refers to the distinctive subcaudal dark spots which are characteristic of this species. The common name, spot-tailed earless lizard, refers to this same character.
References	Axtell, Ralph W. 1956. A solution to the long neglected Holbrookia lacerata problem, and the description of two new subspecies of Holbrookia. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 10 (11): 163-179 Collins, J.T. and T. W. Taggart 2009. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Sixth Edition. Center for North American Herpetology, 48 pp. Duran M 2021. An annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of North Padre Island, Texas, USA, with comparisons to adjacent barrier island and mainland herpetofauna. ZooKeys 1073: 119-175 - get paper here HIBBITTS, TOBY J.; WADE A. RYBERG, JOHANNA A. HARVEY, GARY VOELKER, A. MICHELLE LAWING, CONNOR S. ADAMS, DALTON B. NEUHARTH, DREW E. DITTMER, C. MICHAEL DURAN, BRAD D. WOLAVER, JON PAUL PIERRE, BENJAMIN J. LABAY, TRAVIS J. LADUC 2019. Phylogenetic structure of Holbrookia lacerata (Cope 1880) (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae): one species or two? Zootaxa 4619 (1): - get paper here Lemos-Espinal, J.A. & Smith, H.M. 2007. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Coahuila, Mexico. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 550 pp. Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here Liner, Ernest A.;Montanucci, Richard R.;González-Alonso, Arturo;Mendoza Quijano, Fernando 1993. An additional contribution to the herpetology of Northern Coahuila, Mexico. Bol. Soc. Herpetol. Mex. 5 (1): 9-11 - get paper here Maldonado, Jose A. 2022. Signatures of Genome Evolution in Two Divergent Lizard Species from Texas. PhD thesis, UTA, - get paper here Nevárez-de-los-Reyes, Manuel, David Lazcano, Elí García-Padilla, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The Herpetofauna of Nuevo León, Mexico: Composition, Distribution, and Conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (3): 558–638 - get paper here Rangel, E. D. 2023. Identifying Best Practices to Survey for Spot-Tailed Earless Lizards. MSc thesis, TAMU - get paper here Roelke, Corey E.; Jose A. Maldonado, Blake W. Pope, Thomas J. Firneno Jr, Travis J. Laduc, Toby J. Hibbitts, Wade A. Ryberg, Nathan D. Rains & Matthew K. Fujita 2018. Mitochondrial genetic variation within and between Holbrookia lacerata lacerata and Holbrookia lacerata subcaudalis, the spot-tailed earless lizards of Texas. Journal of Natural History 52: 1017-1027
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