Prairie Earless Lizard
Holbrookia maculata perspicua
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- H. m. perspicua – Tillman Co, OK – photo by David S. Lowe
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- MAP by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Holbrookia m. perspicua occurs
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Holbrookia maculata perspicua (Axtel – 1956)
Genus: Holbrookia, honors John Edward Holbrook
Species: maculata, Latin = spotted
Subspecies: perspicua, Latin = clear, unmarked – ref. unmarked underside of tail
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962