Great Plains Earless Lizard
Holbrookia maculata maculata
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- H. m. maculata – Cherry Co, NE – photo from iNaturalist, Stephanie Butler
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- H. m. maculata – Weld Co, CO – photo by Cole Wild (naherp.com)
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- H. m. maculata – Otero Co, CO – photo by Cole Wild (naherp.com)
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- H. m. maculata – Otero Co, CO – photo by Cole Wild (naherp.com)
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- H. m. maculata – Kiowa Co, CO – photo by Cole Wild (naherp.com)
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- H. m. maculata – Kiowa Co, CO – photo by Cole Wild (naherp.com)
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Holbrookia m. maculata occurs in eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle region.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Holbrookia maculata approximans (Girard – 1852)
Genus: Holbrookia, honors John Edward Holbrook
Species/Subspecies: maculata, Latin = spotted
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962