Huachuca Earless Lizard
Holbrookia maculata pulchra
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- H. m. pulchra – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Stephen Stocking (naherp.com)
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- MAP by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Holbrookia m. pulchra occurs in Cochise, Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Holbrookia maculata pulchra (Schmidt – 1921)
Genus: Holbrookia, honors John Edward Holbrook
Species: maculata, Latin = spotted
Subspecies: pulchra, Latin = beautiful
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962