Callisaurus draconoides BLAINVILLE, 1835
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Higher Taxa | Phrynosomatidae, Phrynosomatinae, Callisaurini; Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Callisaurus draconoides bogerti MARTIN DEL CAMPO 1943 Callisaurus draconoides brevipes BOGERT & DORSON 1942 Callisaurus draconoides carmenensis DICKERSON 1919 Callisaurus draconoides crinitus COPE 1896 Callisaurus draconoides draconoides BLAINVILLE 1835 Callisaurus draconoides inusitatus DICKERSON 1919 Callisaurus draconoides myurus RICHARDSON 1915 Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus COPE 1896 Callisaurus draconoides ventralis (HALLOWELL 1852) |
Common Names | E: Zebra-tailed Lizard G: Zebraschwanzleguan myurus: Northern Zebratail Lizard, Nevada Zebratail Lizard rhodostictus: Western Zebratail Lizard, Mojave Zebratail Lizard ventralis: Eastern Zebratail Lizard, Arizona Zebratail Lizard S: Cachora Arenera |
Synonym | Callisaurus draconoides BLAINVILLE 1835: 286 Callisaurus draconoides — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 326 Homolosaurus ventralis HALLOWELL 1852: 179 Callisaurus draconoides — BOULENGER 1885: 206 Callisaurus rhodostictus COPE 1896 Callisaurus splendidus DICKERSON 1919: 467 (fide GRISMER 1999) Callisaurus draconoides — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 86 Callisaurus draconoides — STEBBINS 1985: 117 Callisaurus draconoides — LINER 1994 Callisaurus draconoides — CROTHER et al. 2012 Callisaurus splendidus — LEMOS-ESPINAL 2015 Callisaurus draconoides — HEIMES 2022 Callisaurus draconoides bogerti MARTIN DEL CAMPO 1943 Callisaurus draconoides bogerti — FUGLER & DIXON 1961 Callisaurus draconoides bogerti — HARDY 1969: 116 Callisaurus draconoides bogerti — WEBB 1984 Callisaurus draconoides brevipes BOGERT & DORSON 1942 Callisaurus draconoides brevipes — ZWEIFEL & NORRIS 1955: 234 Callisaurus draconoides brevipes — HARDY 1969: 117 Callisaurus draconoides carmenensis DICKERSON 1919 Callisaurus carmenensis DICKERSON 1919: 465 Callisaurus plasticus DICKERSON 1919: 466 Callisaurus draconoides carmenensis — ZWEIFEL 1958 Callisaurus draconoides crinitus COPE 1896 Callisaurus crinitus COPE 1896: 1049 Callisaurus draconoides crinitus — TEVIS 1944 Callisaurus draconoides crinitus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 87 Callisaurus draconoides crinitus — BOSTIC 1971 Callisaurus draconoides crinitus — GRISMER 2020 Callisaurus draconoides inusitatus DICKERSON 1919 Callisaurus inusitatus DICKERSON 1919: 465 Callisaurus draconoides inusitatus — TAYLOR 1938: 482 Callisaurus draconoides inusitatus — REYES et al. 2014 Callisaurus draconoides myurus RICHARDSON 1915 Callisaurus ventralis myurus — VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921 Callisaurus draconoides myurus — SMITH 1946 Callisaurus draconoides myurus — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009 Callisaurus draconoides myurus — CROTHER et al. 2012 Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus COPE 1896 Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus — SMITH & COCHRAN 1956 Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus — BOSTIC 1971 Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009 Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus — CROTHER et al. 2012 Callisaurus draconoides ventralis (HALLOWELL 1852) Homalosaurus ventralis HALLOWELL 1852 Callisaurus ventralis — STEJNEGER 1893: 170 Callisaurus ventralis — VAN DENBURGH 1895: 97 Callisaurus draconoides ventralis — COPE 1900 Callisaurus draconoides gabbii COPE 1900: 272 Callisaurus ventralis — VAN DENBURGH 1912 Callisaurus ventralis ventralis — VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921 Callisaurus ventralis — ORTENBURGER & ORTENBURGER 1927 Callisaurus draconoides ventralis — BURT 1933 Callisaurus draconoides gabbii — KLAUBER 1934: 9 Callisaurus draconoides ventralis — GLOYD 1937 Callisaurus draconoides ventralis — SMITH 1946 Callisaurus draconoides gabbi — SMITH 1946 Callisaurus draconoides ventralis — ZWEIFEL & NORRIS 1955 Callisaurus draconoides gabbi — ETHERIDGE 1964 Callisaurus draconoides ventralis — COLLINS & TAGGART 2009 Callisaurus draconoides ventralis — CROTHER et al. 2012 |
Distribution | USA (SW California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico), Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa) bogerti: Mexico (Sinaloa, Mazatlán). Type locality: Isla de los Chivos, en el Puerto de Mazatlán, Sinaloa. brevipes: Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora); Type locality: Guirocoba, 18 miles southeast Alamos, Sonora. carmenensis: Camen Island, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico. inusitanus: Mexico (Sonora) Type locality: California. Restricted to Cape San Lucas, Baja California by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950. splendidus: endemic to Isla Ángel de La Guarda. rhodostictus: California, Arizona, Baja California ventralis: Arizona, California, Nevada (fide BURT 1933) |
Reproduction | oviparous.<br>Hybridization: Dickerson 1919 speculated that both inusitatus and plasticus “very possibly, in fact probably, intergrade with Callisaurus ventralis ventralis” (= C. d. ventralis). |
Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 0812 (by monotypy) Holotype: CNAR (cited as Inst. Biol. Mexico; Victoriano Rodriguez collector. [bogerti] Holotype: AMNH 63668; J. W. Hilton collector. [brevipes] Holotype: USNM 14895 [crinitus] Holotype: AMNH 538, USNM 642538 [carmenensis] Syntypes: (2) ANSP 8548, 12788; northern Lower California [gabbii] Syntypes: AMNH 5324, USNM 64256 [inusitatus] Holotype: USNM 51786 [myurus] Syntypes: USNM 21504 [rhodostictus] Holotype: USNM 64254, given as AMNH 5372, paratype: AMNH 5338 [Callisaurus splendidus] Holotype: USNM 2670; S. W. Woodhouse collector. [ventralis] Holotype: USNM 64255 [Callisaurus plasticus] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Zebra-tailed Lizards (Callisaurus draconoides) have external ear openings and the 2 black bands are farther forward on the sides and belly. Elegant (Holbrookia elegans) and Common Lesser Earless Lizards (Holbrookia maculata) have smaller black bands that are farther forward, and lack black markings on the ventral tail surface (Howland in Jones & Lovich 2009: 146). Additional details (3664 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Synonymy: Grismer (1999) synonymized Callisaurus draconoides splendidus with C. draconoides after examining species from the adjacent peninsula. These specimen cannot be distinguished clearly from the island populations of “splendidus”. BURT 1933 listed Callisaurus draconoides myurus RICHARDSON 1915 as a synonym of Callisaurus draconoides ventralis. Type species: Callisaurus draconoides is the type species of the genus Callisaurus BLAINVILLE 1835. Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). |
Etymology | Named after Greek dracon (δράκων), dragon, serpent + Greek -oides (-οειδής), suffix indicating likeness. [?]. C. d. bogerti was named after Charles Mitchill Bogert (1908-1992), US American herpetologist. C. d. brevipes was named after Latin brevis, short, little, small, stunted + Latin pes, foot. ["… differing from that form in having relatively shorter feet…"] C. d. carmenensis was named after the type locality, Carmen Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. C. d. crinitus was named after Latin crinitus, hairy; having long locks, long haired. ["…Second, third and fourth fingers with well-developed fringes, which are weak on the inner side of the second and third. External side of second, third and fourth toes with well-developed fringe..."]. C. d. inusitatus was named after Latin inusitatus, unusual, uncommon; strange, unfamiliar, “in reference to the union inferiorly of the black lateroventral bands, unknown in any other species of Callisaurus or in Holbrookia”. C. d. myurus was named after Greek mys (μῦς), muscle + Greek oura (οὐρᾷ), tail. [?]. C. d. rhodostictus was named after Greek rhodon (ῥόδον), rose + Greek stiktos (στικτός), marked with spots, dappled. ["...In front of the blue patch and posterior to the axilla a large rosy spot. A large rosy spot on the gular region…"]. C. d. ventralis was named after Latin ventralis, referred to the stomach, womb or belly. ["...abdomen silvery white, with two longitudinal blue colored blotches having two oblique bars of black running across them…"]. The genus was named after Greek kalos (καλός) = beautiful + Greek saura (σαύρα), lizard. ["...nous avons été forcés d'en former un petit genre distinct auquel nous avons donné le nom de callisaurus pour indiquer la gentillesse de ce petit animal..."]. |
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