Northern Keeled Earless Lizard
Holbrookia propinqua propinqua

 

DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Holbrookia p. propinqua  occurs in southeast Texas.

LEGAL STATUS: No Listings

MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Holbrookia propinqua propinqua  (Baird & Girard – 1852)
Genus: Holbrookiahonors John Edward Holbrook
Species/Subspecies: propinqua, Latin = near – implies taxonomic similarity to H. maculata
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962

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