Elegant Earless Lizard
Holbrookia elegans thermophila
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- H. e. thermophila – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- H. e. thermophila – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Jeff Nordland
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- H. e. thermophila – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Wills Wells
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- H. e. thermophila – Santa Cruz Co, AZ – photo by Wills Wells
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- H. e. thermophila – Cochise Co, AZ – photo by Todd Battey (naherp.com)
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Holbrookia e. thermophila occurs in extreme southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Holbrookia elegans thermophila (Barbour – 1921)
Genus: Holbrookia, honors John Edward Holbrook
Species: elegans, Latin = fine, elegant
Subspecies: thermophila , Greek – thermo = pertains to heat + philos = fond of, loving of
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962