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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesAspidoscelis costatus barrancorum (ZWEIFEL 1959)
Aspidoscelis costatus costatus (COPE 1878)
Aspidoscelis costatus griseocephalus (ZWEIFEL 1959)
Aspidoscelis costatus huico (ZWEIFEL 1959)
Aspidoscelis costatus mazatlanensis (ZWEIFEL 1959)
Aspidoscelis costatus nigrigularis (ZWEIFEL 1959)
Aspidoscelis costatus occidentalis (GADOW 1906)
Aspidoscelis costatus zweifeli (DUELLMAN 1960) 
Common NamesE: Western Mexico Whiptail
S: Huico Llanero 
SynonymCnemidophorus costatus COPE 1878: 95
Cnemidophorus costatus — GÜNTHER 1885: 26
Cnemidophorus costatus costatus — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962: 179
Cnemidophorus alpinus MASLIN & WALKER 1965
Cnemidophorus alpinus — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Cnemidophorus costatus — LINER 1994
Aspidoscelis costata — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis costata — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015
Aspidoscelis costata — LEMOS-ESPINAL 2015
Aspidoscelis costata — WOOLRICH-PIÑA et al. 2016

Aspidoscelis costatus barrancorum (ZWEIFEL 1959)
Cnemidophorus sacki barrancorum ZWEIFEL 1959: 102
Cnemidophorus costatus barrancorum — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962
Cnemidophorus costatus barrancorum — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Cnemidophorus costatus barrancorum — TANNER 1987
Aspidoscelis costata barrancorum — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis costata barrancorum — LEMOS-ESPINAL et al. 2004
Aspidoscelis costata barrancarum [sic] — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008: 47
Aspidoscelis burti barrancarum — BARLEY et al. 2021

Aspidoscelis costatus costata (COPE 1878)
Cnemidophorus costatus COPE 1878: 95
Cnemidophorus costatus costatus — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis costata costata — REEDER et al. 2002

Aspidoscelis costatus griseocephalus (ZWEIFEL 1959)
Cnemidophorus sacki griseocephalus ZWEIFEL 1959: 96
Cnemidophorus costatus griseocephalus — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962
Cnemidophorus costatus griseocephalus — HARDY 1969: 145
Cnemidophorus costatus griseocephalus — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis costata griseocephala — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis costata griseocephala — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Aspidoscelis burti griseocephalus — BARLEY et al. 2021

Aspidoscelis costatus huico (ZWEIFEL 1959)
Cnemidophorus sacki huico ZWEIFEL 1959: 85
Cnemidophorus costatus huico — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962
Cnemidophorus costatus huico — MCDIARMID 1963
Cnemidophorus costatus huico — HARDY 1969: 146
Cnemidophorus costatus huico — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis costata huico — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis costata huico — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Aspidoscelis occidentalis huico — BARLEY et al. 2021

Aspidoscelis costatus mazatlanensis (ZWEIFEL 1959)
Cnemidophorus sacki mazatlanensis ZWEIFEL 1959: 89
Cnemidophorus costatus mazatlanensis — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962
Cnemidophorus costatus mazatlanensis — HARDY 1969: 147
Cnemidophorus costatus mazatlanensis — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis costata mazatlanensis — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis costata mazatlanensis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Aspidoscelis burti mazatlanensis — BARLEY et al. 2021

Aspidoscelis costatus nigrigularis (ZWEIFEL 1959)
Cnemidophorus sacki nigrigularis ZWEIFEL 1959: 93
Cnemidophorus costatus nigrigularis — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962
Cnemidophorus costatus nigrigularis — HARDY 1969: 148
Cnemidophorus costatus nigrigularis — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis costata nigrigularis — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis costata nigrigularis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Aspidoscelis burti nigrigularis — BARLEY et al. 2021

Aspidoscelis costatus occidentalis (GADOW 1906)
Cnemidophorus communis occidentalis GADOW 1906: 339
Cnemidophorus sacki occidentalis — ZWEIFEL 1959: 81
Cnemidophorus costatus occidentalis — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962
Cnemidophorus costatus occidentalis — MCCOY & RICHMOND 1965: 251
Cnemidophorus costatus occidentalis — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis costata occidentalis — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis costata occidentalis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Aspidoscelis occidentalis — BARLEY et al. 2021

Aspidoscelis costatus zweifeli (DUELLMAN 1960)
Cnemidophorus sacki zweifeli DUELLMAN 1960: 589
Cnemidophorus costatus zweifeli — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962
Cnemidophorus costata zweifeli — KLUGE 1984
Cnemidophorus costatus zweifeli — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Aspidoscelis costata zweifeli — REEDER et al. 2002
Aspidoscelis costata zweifeli — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 
DistributionMexico (Sonora, Morelos, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Tlaxcala [HR 34: 383], Oaxaca, Jalisco, Guerrero, Durango, Veracruz, Chihuahua)

barrancorum: Mexico (Sonora); Type locality: Rancho Guirocoba, about 20 miles southeast of Alamos, Sonora, Mexico.

griseocephalus: Mexico (Sonora); Type locality: 111.4 miles east of Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico.

huico: Mexico (Nayarit); Type locality: Pefnitas, approximately 12 miles south-southeast of Rosamorada, Nayarit, Mexico.

mazatlanensis: Mexico (Sinaloa); Type locality: 2 miles north of Coyotitan, Sinaloa, Mexico.

nigrigularis: Mexico (Sinaloa); Type locality: 10.5 miles NW of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico;

zweifeli: Mexico (Michoacan); Type locality: Mexico, Michoacan, Capirio, 185 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 31359
Holotype: AMNH 63697 [barrancorum]
Holotype: AMNH 75930 [griseocephalus]
Holotype: AMNH 75570, paratypes: UMMZ, SNMH, AMNH, USNM [huico]
Holotype: AMNH 75921. Paratypes: UMMZ, MVZ [mazatlanensis]
Holotype: AMNH 75925 [nigrigularis]
Lectotype: BMNH 1892.2.8.33 (designated by Smith and Taylor, 1950:182); H. Gadow; 17 Feb.-9 March 1891; paratype: CM 8116 [occidentalis]
Holotype: UMMZ 119542 [zweifeli] 
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CommentSynonymy: May be synonymous with Cnemidophorus sackii. LINER (1994) listed Cnemidophorus alpinus as valid species.

Subspecies after LINER 1994. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the dorsal and lateral black (or dark) spots, from Latin “costa” = rib.

A. c. barrancorum was named after the barranca region of Sonora and Chihuahua.

A. c. griseocephalus was named after Latin griseus = gray and Greek kephale = head, for the color of the “top and sides of the head which are blue-gray, passing into gray-brown on the neck and shoulder region.”

A. c. huico was named after the commonly used colloquial name “huico”for lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus in western Mexico.

A. c. mazatlanensis was named after Mazatlin, Sinaloa.

A. c. nigrigularis was named after its black chin, from Latin nigri meaning black and Latin gula, meaning "throat”.

A. c. occidentalis was named after Latin occidentalis = "western" and refers to its western distribution.

A. c. zweifeli was named after Richard George Zweifel (1926–2019), American herpetologist. 
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