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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Phrynosomatinae, Callisaurini; Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Speckled Earless Lizard
S: Lagartija Sorda Manchada 
SynonymHolbrookia approximans BAIRD 1859: 253
Holbrookia maculata approximans — VAN DENBURGH 1913
Holbrookia maculata approximans — SCHMIDT 1922: 721
Holbrookia maculata approximans — SMITH 1935: 189
Holbrookia maculata aproximans — JAMESON & FLURY 1949
Holbrookia maculata approximans — SMITH 1946
Holbrookia maculata approximans — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 83
Holbrookia approximans — WEBB 1984
Holbrookia maculata approximans — BARTLETT & BARTLETT 1999: 215
Holbrookia maculata approximans — CROTHER 2000: 45
Holbrookia approximans — LEMOS-ESPINAL 2000
Holbrookia approximans — LEMOS-ESPINAL et al. 2004
Holbrookia approximans — VÁSQUEZ-DIAZ & QUINTERO-DIAZ 2005
Holbrookia approximans — LEMOS-ESPINAL & SMITH 2007
Holbrookia approximans — VALDEZ-LARES et al. 2013
Holbrookia approximans — HEIMES 2022 
DistributionMexico (Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, Durango, Sonora, Nuevo Leon, Aguascalientes, Jalisco)

Type locality: Lower Rio Grande of Tamaulipas (fide Baird 1859: 8).  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: lost fide Smith & Taylor 1950 
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CommentDistribution: not in North America (north of Mexico) according to Crother et al. 2017. Previously reported from USA (Arizona, SE Arizona, W Texas), e.g. by Gloyd 1937. Not in Guanajuato fide Leyte-Manrique et al. 2022. 
EtymologyNamed after John Edwards Holbrook (1794-1871) and its spotted pattern (Latin “maculata”). See Moll (2007) for a short biography. The specific name is a Latin word meaning "similar," applied because of its similarity to H. maculata. 
References
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