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Holbrookia elegans  Bocourt, 1874
Taxonomic Serial No.: 683056

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Elegant Earless Lizard [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyPhrynosomatidae  – North American Spiny Lizards  
                                  SubfamilyPhrynosomatinae   
                                     GenusHolbrookia Girard, 1851 – Earless Lizards, Lesser Earless Lizards  
                                        SpeciesHolbrookia elegans Bocourt, 1874 – Elegant Earless Lizard  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Subspecies Holbrookia elegans elegans Bocourt, 1874  
                                           Subspecies Holbrookia elegans thermophila Barbour, 1921 – Sonoran Earless Lizard 
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Holbrookia elegans   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, B. I., J. Boundy, J. A. Campbell, K. de Quieroz, D. Frost, D. M. Green, R. Highton, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico: Update   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Review, vol. 34, no. 3   
  Page(s): 196-203   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0018-084X   
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  Reference for: Holbrookia elegans   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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