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Aspidoscelis motaguae (SACKETT, 1941)

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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Giant Whiptail
S: Cuiji Gigante 
SynonymCnemidophorus motaguae SACKETT 1941
Cnemidophorus sackii bocourti — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 181
Cnemidophorus motaguae — DUELLMAN & ZWEIFEL 1962
Cnemidophorus motaguae — STUART 1963
Cnemidophorus sackii — ALVAREZ DEL TORO 1982 (fide VILLA et al. 1988)
Cnemidophorus motaguae — MASLIN & SECOY 1986
Cnemidophorus motaguae — LINER 1994
Cnemidophorus motaguae — KÖHLER 2000: 100
Aspidoscelis motaguae — REEDER et al. 2002
Cnemidophorus motaguae — SCHLÜTER 2004
Aspidoscelis montaguae [sic] — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Aspidoscelis motaguae — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015
Aspidoscelis motaguae — MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA et al. 2024 
DistributionUSA (introduced to Florida, incl. Florida Keys)
Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca), Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua

Type locality: Montagua River Valley 10 km northeast of Zacapa, Zacapa, Guatemala.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 22143 
Diagnosis 
CommentNot listed by CROTHER 2000 for North America but confirmed by COLLINS & TAGGART (2002). Has been confused with Ameiva chaitzami. 
EtymologyThe name motaguae is derived from the Río Motagua Valley, Guatemala, plus the Latin suffix –ae (a derivation), denoting that the type locality lies in that valley. 
References
  • Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - get paper here
  • Alvarez DEL TORO, M. 1982. Los Reptiles de Chiapas. 3rd ed. México: Tuxtla Gutiérrez, 248 pp.
  • 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.
  • Collins, J.T. and T. W. Taggart 2002. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Fifth Edition. Center for North American Herpetology, 52 pp.
  • 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
  • Enge, Kevin M., Jonathan D. Mays, Kenneth L. Krysko, Claudia A. MacKenzie-Krysko, Harrison W. Butchart and Scott Compton. 2015. Geographic Distribution: Aspidoscelis motaguae (giant whiptail). Herpetological Review 46 (4): 567 - get paper here
  • Gibbons, Whit; Judy Greene, and Tony Mills 2009. LIZARDS AND CROCODILIANS OF THE SOUTHEAST. University of Georgia Press, 240 pp.
  • Johnson, Jerry D.; Vicente Mata-Silva, Elí García Padilla, and Larry David Wilson 2015. The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329. - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
  • Köhler, G.; M.S. Saavedra; J. Martinez; G. Lopez; J. Sunyer. 2013. First record of Aspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941) (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae) from Nicaragua. Check List 9 (2):475-475 - get paper here
  • Martínez-Fonseca JG, Holmes IA, Sunyer J, Westeen EP, Grundler MR, Cerda PA, Fernández-Mena MA, Loza-Molina JC, Monagan IV Jr., Nondorf D, Pandelis GG, Rabosky ARD 2023. A collection and analysis of amphibians and reptiles from Nicaragua with new country and departmental records. Check List 20(1): 58-125 - 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
  • 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
  • McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here
  • McCranie, James R. 2018. The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication Series (2): 1- 666 - get paper here
  • Meshaka Jr., Walter E. 2011. A RUNAWAY TRAIN IN THE MAKING: THE EXOTIC AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES, TURTLES, AND CROCODILIANS OF FLORIDA. Herp. Cons. Biol. 6 (Monograph 1): 1-101 - get paper here
  • Peterson, A.T. et al. 2004. A preliminary biological survey of Cerro Piedra Larga, Oaxaca, Mexico: Birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and plants. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoología 75(2): 439-466
  • Petix, S. 1996. Parthenogenesis: advantageous or not for a species? Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (Feb 1996): 72-78
  • 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
  • Sackett, J. Townsend 1941. Preliminary report on results of the West Indies-Guatemala Expedition of 1940 for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part II.- A new Teiid lizard of the genus Cnemidophorus. Notulae Naturae (77): 1-4
  • Schlüter, U. 2004. Bemerkungen zur Motagua-Rennechse (Cnemidophorus motaguae). Reptilia (Münster) 9 (49): 40-42 - get paper here
  • Smith, C.A. & Krysko, K.L. 2007. Distributional Comments on the Teiid Lizards (Squamata: Teiidae) of Florida with a Key to Species. Carib. J. Sci. 43 (2): 260-265 - get paper here
  • Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here
  • Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - get paper here
  • Stuart, L. C. 1948. The amphibians and reptiles of Alta Verapaz Guatamala. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 69: 1-109 - get paper here
  • Stuart, L.C. 1963. A checklist of the herpetofauna of Guatemala. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (No. 122): 1-150 - get paper here
  • Sunyer, Javier 2014. An updated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1 (2): 186–202. - get paper here
  • Sunyer, Javier & José́ Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca 2023. An updated country checklist to the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. REVISTA NICARAGÜENSE DE BIODIVERSIDAD (100): 1-25 - get paper here
  • Sunyer, Javier, José Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca and Milton Salazar-Saavedra. 2016. New departmental records for lizards in Nicaragua. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 1049–1054 - get paper here
 
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