Texas Spotted Whiptail Lizard
Aspidoscelis gularis gularis
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- A. g. gularis – Coryell Co, TX – photo by Eric Runfeldt
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- A. g. gularis – Medina Co, TX – photo by Lou Hamby
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Aspidoscelis g. gularis occurs throughout central and southern Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aspidoscelis gularis gularis (Baird & Girard – 1852)
Genus: Aspidoscelis, Greek – aspido = shield + scelis (skelos) = leg – pos. ref. large shield-like scales on legs
Species/Subspecies: gularis , Latin – gularis = of the throat — “most striking character…large and conspicuous scales on the margin of the subgutteral fold of the skin.”
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962