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- Taxonomic Comments Since Collins and Taggart (2009)

Family Anguidae - Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards - Gray, 1825
  Elgaria - Western Alligator Lizards - Gray, 1838
  E. coerulea - Northern Alligator Lizard - (Wiegmann, 1828)
E. c. coerulea - San Francisco Alligator Lizard - (Wiegmann, 1828)
E. c. palmeri - Sierra Alligator Lizard - (Stejneger, 1893)
E. c. principis - Northern Alligator Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
E. c. shastensis - Shasta Alligator Lizard - (Fitch, 1934)
  E. kingii - Madrean Alligator Lizard - Gray, 1838
E. k. nobilis - Arizona Alligator Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
  E. multicarinata - Southern Alligator Lizard - (Blainville, 1835)
E. m. multicarinata - California Alligator Lizard - (Blainville, 1835)
E. m. scincicauda - Oregon Alligator Lizard - (Skilton, 1849)
E. m. webbii - San Diego Alligator Lizard - (Baird, 1858)
  E. panamintina - Panamint Alligator Lizard - (Stebbins, 1958)
 
Gerrhonotus - Eastern Alligator Lizards - Wiegmann, 1828
  G. infernalis - Texas Alligator Lizard - Baird, 1858
 
Ophisaurus - Glass Lizards - Daudin, 1803
  O. attenuatus - Slender Glass Lizard - Cope, 1880
O. a. attenuatus - Western Slender Glass Lizard - Cope, 1880
O. a. longicaudus - Eastern Slender Glass Lizard - McConkey, 1952
  O. compressus - Island Glass Lizard - Cope, 1898
  O. mimicus - Mimic Glass Lizard - Palmer, 1987
  O. ventralis - Eastern Glass Lizard - (Linnaeus, 1766)

Family Anniellidae - Legless lizards - Boulenger 1885
  Anniella - Legless Lizards - Gray, 1852
  A. pulchra - California Legless Lizard - Gray, 1852
A. p. nigra - Black Legless Lizard - Fischer, 1885
A. p. pulchra - Silvery Legless Lizard - Gray, 1852

Family Crotaphytidae - Collared and Leopard Lizards - Smith & Brodie, 1982
  Crotaphytus - Collared Lizards - Holbrook, 1842
  C. bicinctores - Mojave Black-collared Lizard - Smith & Tanner, 1972
  C. collaris - Eastern Collared Lizard - (Say, 1823)
  C. nebrius - Sonoran Collared Lizard - Axtell & Montanucci, 1977
  C. reticulatus - Reticulate Collared Lizard - Baird, 1858
  C. vestigium - Baja Black-collared Lizard - Smith & Tanner, 1972
 
Gambelia - Leopard Lizards - Baird, 1858
  G. copeii - Cope's Leopard Lizard - (Yarrow, 1882)
  G. sila - Bluntnose Leopard Lizard - (Stejneger, 1890)
  G. wislizenii - Longnose Leopard Lizard - (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Family Dactyloidae - Anoles - Fitzinger, 1843
  Anolis - Bush Anoles - Daudin, 1803
  A. carolinensis - Green Anole - (Voigt, 1832)
A. c. carolinensis - Northern Green Anole - (Voigt, 1832)
A. c. seminolus - Southern Green Anole - Vance, 1991

Family Eublepharidae - Eyelid Geckos - Boulenger, 1883
  Coleonyx - Banded Geckos - Gray, 1845
  C. brevis - Texas Banded Gecko - Stejneger, 1893
  C. reticulatus - Reticulated Gecko - Davis & Dixon, 1958
  C. switaki - Barefoot Gecko - (Murphy, 1974)
C. s. switaki - Peninsular Barefoot Gecko - (Murphy, 1974)
  C. variegatus - Western Banded Gecko - (Baird, 1858)
C. v. abbotti - San Diego Banded Gecko - Klauber, 1945
C. v. bogerti - Tucson Banded Gecko - Klauber, 1945
C. v. utahensis - Utah Banded Gecko - Klauber, 1945
C. v. variegatus - Desert Banded Gecko - (Baird, 1858)

Family Helodermatidae - Gila Monsters - Gray, 1837
  Heloderma - Gila Monsters - Wiegmann, 1829
  H. suspectum - Gila Monster - Cope, 1869
H. s. cinctum - Banded Gila Monster - Bogert & Martín del Campo, 1956
H. s. suspectum - Reticulate Gila Monster - Cope, 1869

Family Iguanidae - Iguanas - Oppel, 1811
  Dipsosaurus - Desert Iguanas - Hallowell, 1854
  D. dorsalis - Desert Iguana - (Baird & Girard, 1852)
D. d. dorsalis - Desert Iguana - (Baird & Girard, 1852)
 
Sauromalus - Chuckwallas - Dumeril, 1856
  S. ater - Chuckwalla - Duméril, 1856

Family Phrynosomatidae - Spiny Lizards - Fitzinger, 1843
  Callisaurus - Zebratail Lizards - Blainville, 1835
  C. draconoides - Zebratail Lizard - Blainville, 1835
C. d. myurus - Nevada Zebratail Lizard - Richardson, 1915
C. d. rhodostictus - Mojave Zebratail Lizard - Cope, 1896
C. d. ventralis - Arizona Zebratail Lizard - (Hallowell, 1852)
 
Cophosaurus - Greater Earless Lizards - Troschel, 1850
  C. texanus - Greater Earless Lizard - Troschel, 1850
C. t. scitulus - SouthWestern Earless Lizard - (Peters, 1951)
C. t. texanus - Texas Earless Lizard - Troschel, 1850
 
Holbrookia - Earless Lizards - Girard, 1851
  H. elegans - Canyon Earless Lizard - Bocourt, 1874
H. e. thermophila - Western Earless Lizard - Barbour, 1921
  H. lacerata - Spot-tailed Earless Lizard - Cope, 1880
H. l. lacerata - Plateau Earless Lizard - Cope, 1880
H. l. subcaudalis - Southern Earless Lizard - Axtell, 1956
  H. maculata - Lesser Earless Lizard - Girard, 1851
H. m. bunkeri - Bunker's Earless Lizard - Smith, 1935
H. m. campi - Speckled Earless Lizard - Schmidt, 1921
H. m. flavilenta - Striped Earless Lizard - (Cope, 1883)
H. m. maculata - Northern Earless Lizard - Girard, 1851
H. m. perspicua - Eastern Earless Lizard - Axtell, 1956
H. m. pulchra - Huachuca Earless Lizard - Schmidt, 1921
H. m. ruthveni - Bleached Earless Lizard - Smith, 1943
  H. propinqua - Keeled Earless Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
H. p. propinqua - Northern Keeled Earless Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
 
Petrosaurus - Rock Lizards - Boulenger, 1885
  P. mearnsi - Banded Rock Lizard - (Stejneger, 1894)
 
Phrynosoma - Horned Lizards - Wiegmann, 1828
  P. blainvillii - Coast Horned Lizard - Gray, 1839
  P. cornutum - Texas Horned Lizard - (Harlan, 1825)
  P. douglasii - Northwestern Short-horned Lizard - (Bell, 1828)
  P. goodei - Sonoran Horned Lizard - Stejneger, 1893
  P. hernandesi - Mountain Short-horned Lizard - Girard, 1858
P. h. hernandesi - Mountain Short-horned Lizard - Girard, 1858
  P. mcallii - Flat-tail Horned Lizard - (Hallowell, 1852)
  P. modestum - Roundtail Horned Lizard - Girard, 1852
  P. platyrhinos - Desert Horned Lizard - Girard, 1852
P. p. calidiarum - Southern Desert Horned Lizard - (Cope, 1896)
P. p. platyrhinos - Northern Desert Horned Lizard - Girard, 1852
  P. solare - Regal Horned Lizard - Gray, 1845
 
Sceloporus - Spiny Lizards - Wiegmann, 1828
  S. arenicolus - Dunes Sagebrush Lizard - Degenhardt & Jones, 1972
  S. becki - Island Fence Lizard - Van Denburgh, 1905
  S. clarkii - Clark's Spiny Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
S. c. clarkii - Sonoran Spiny Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
S. c. vallaris - Plateau Spiny Lizard - Shannon & Urbano, 1954
  S. consobrinus - Prairie Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1853
  S. cowlesi - Southern Plateau Lizard - Lowe & Norris, 1956
  S. graciosus - Sagebrush Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
S. g. gracilis - Western Sagebrush Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
S. g. graciosus - Northern Sagebrush Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
  S. grammicus - Mesquite Lizard - Wiegmann, 1828
S. g. microlepidotus - Northern Mesquite Lizard - Wiegmann, 1834
  S. jarrovii - Yarrow's Spiny Lizard - Cope, 1875
  S. magister - Desert Spiny Lizard - Hallowell, 1854
  S. merriami - Canyon Lizard - Stejneger, 1904
S. m. annulatus - Big Bend Canyon Lizard - Smith, 1937
S. m. longipunctatus - Presidio Canyon Lizard - Olson, 1973
S. m. merriami - Merriam's Canyon Lizard - Stejneger, 1904
  S. occidentalis - Western Fence Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
S. o. biseriatus - San Joaquin Fence Lizard - Hallowell, 1854
S. o. bocourtii - Coast Range Fence Lizard - Boulenger, 1885
S. o. longipes - Great Basin Fence Lizard - Baird, 1858
S. o. occidentalis - NorthWestern Fence Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
S. o. taylori - Sierra Fence Lizard - Camp, 1916
  S. olivaceus - Texas Spiny Lizard - Smith, 1934
  S. orcutti - Granite Spiny Lizard - Stejneger, 1893
  S. poinsettii - Crevice Spiny Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
S. p. axtelli - Texas Crevice Spiny Lizard - Webb, 2006
S. p. poinsettii - Crevice Spiny Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
  S. serrifer - Blue Spiny Lizard - Cope, 1866
S. s. cyanogenys - Blue Spiny Lizard - Cope, 1885
  S. slevini - Bunch Grass Lizard - Smith, 1937
  S. tristichus - Northern Plateau Lizard - Cope, 1875
  S. undulatus - Eastern Fence Lizard - (Bosc & Daudin, 1801)
  S. vandenburgianus - Southern Sagebrush Lizard - Cope, 1896
  S. variabilis - Rosebelly Lizard - Wiegmann, 1834
S. v. marmoratus - Rosebelly Lizard - Hallowell, 1852
  S. virgatus - Striped Plateau Lizard - Smith, 1938
  S. woodi - Florida Scrub Lizard - Stejneger, 1918
 
Uma - Fringe-toed Lizards - Baird, 1858
  U. inornata - Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard - Cope, 1895
  U. notata - Colorado Desert Fringe-toed Lizard - Baird, 1858
  U. rufopunctata - Sonoran Fringe-toed Lizard - Cope, 1895
  U. scoparia - Mojave Fringe-toed Lizard - Cope, 1894
 
Urosaurus - Tree & Brush Lizards - Hallowell, 1854
  U. graciosus - Brush Lizard - Hallowell, 1854
  U. nigricaudus - Blacktail Brush Lizard - (Cope, 1864)
  U. ornatus - Tree Lizard - (Baird & Girard, 1852)
 
Uta - Side-blotched Lizards - Baird & Girard, 1852
  U. stansburiana - Side-blotched Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
U. s. elegans - California Side-blotched Lizard - Yarrow, 1882
U. s. nevadensis - Nevada Side-blotched Lizard - Ruthven, 1915
U. s. stansburiana - Northern Side-blotched Lizard - Baird & Girard, 1852
U. s. stejnegeri - Desert Side-blotched Lizard - Schmidt, 1921
U. s. uniformis - Colorado Side-blotched Lizard - Pack & Tanner, 1970

Family Phyllodactylidae - Leaf-toed Geckos - Gamble Bauer Greenbaum & Jackman 2008
  Phyllodactylus - Leaf-toed Geckos - Gray, 1828
  P. nocticolus - Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko - Dixon, 1964

Family Scincidae - Skinks - Gray, 1825
  Plestiodon - North American Skinks - Dumeril & Bibron 1839
  P. anthracinus - Coal Skink - Baird, 1849
P. a. anthracinus - Northern Coal Skink - Baird, 1849
P. a. pluvialis - Southern Coal Skink - (Cope, 1880)
  P. callicephalus - Mountain Skink - (Bocourt, 1879)
  P. egregius - Mole Skink - Baird, 1858
P. e. egregius - Florida Keys Mole Skink - Baird, 1858
P. e. insularis - Cedar Key Mole Skink - (Mount, 1965)
P. e. lividus - Bluetail Mole Skink - (Mount, 1965)
P. e. onocrepis - Peninsula Mole Skink - Cope, 1871
P. e. similis - Northern Mole Skink - (McConkey, 1957)
  P. fasciatus - Five-lined Skink - (Linnaeus, 1758)
  P. gilberti - Gilbert's Skink - (Van Denburgh, 1896)
P. g. arizonensis - Arizona Skink - (Lowe & Shannon, 1954)
P. g. cancellosus - Variegated Skink - (Rodgers & Fitch, 1947)
P. g. gilberti - Greater Brown Skink - (Van Denburgh, 1896)
P. g. placerensis - Northern Brown Skink - (Rodgers, 1944)
P. g. rubricaudatus - Western Redtail Skink - (Taylor, 1935)
  P. inexpectatus - Southeastern Five-lined Skink - (Taylor, 1932)
  P. laticeps - Broadhead Skink - (Schneider, 1801)
  P. multivirgatus - Many-lined Skink - Hallowell, 1857
P. m. epipleurotus - Variable Skink - (Cope, 1880)
P. m. multivirgatus - Northern Many-lined Skink - Hallowell, 1857
  P. obsoletus - Great Plains Skink - (Baird & Girard, 1852)
  P. obtusirostris - Southern Prairie Skink - (Bocourt, 1879)
  P. reynoldsi - Sand Skink - (Stejneger, 1910)
  P. septentrionalis - Northern Prairie Skink - Baird, 1858
  P. skiltonianus - Western Skink - Baird & Girard, 1852
P. s. interparietalis - Coronado Island Skink - (Tanner, 1957)
P. s. skiltonianus - Western Skink - Baird & Girard, 1852
P. s. utahensis - Great Basin Skink - (Tanner, 1957)
  P. tetragrammus - Four-lined Skink - Baird, 1858
P. t. brevilineatus - Short-lined Skink - (Cope, 1880)
P. t. tetragrammus - Four-lined Skink - Baird, 1858
 
Scincella - Ground Skinks - Mittleman, 1950
  S. lateralis - Ground Skink - (Say, 1823)

Family Sphaerodactylidae - Sphaerodactyl Geckos - Underwood, 1954
  Sphaerodactylus - Dwarf Geckos - Wagler, 1830
  S. notatus - Reef Gecko - Baird, 1858
S. n. notatus - Florida Reef Gecko - Baird, 1858

Family Teiidae - Whiptails, Racerunners & Ameivas - Gray, 1827
  Aspidoscelis - North American Whiptails & Racerunners - Fitzinger, 1843
  A. arizonae - Arizona Striped Whiptail - (Van Denburgh, 1896)
  A. burti - Canyon Spotted Whiptail - (Taylor, 1938)
A. b. stictogramma - Giant Spotted Whiptail - (Burger, 1950)
  A. dixoni - Gray-checkered Whiptail - (Scudday, 1973)
  A. exsanguis - Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail - (Lowe, 1956)
  A. flagellicauda - Gila Spotted Whiptail - (Lowe & Wright, 1964)
  A. gularis - Texas Spotted Whiptail - (Baird & Girard, 1852)
A. g. gularis - Texas Spotted Whiptail - (Baird & Girard, 1852)
  A. gypsi - Little White Whiptail - (Wright & Lowe, 1993)
  A. hyperythra - Orangethroat Whiptail - (Cope, 1863)
  A. inornata - Little Striped Whiptail - (Baird, 1858)
A. i. heptagramma - Trans-Pecos Striped Whiptail - (Axtell, 1961)
  A. laredoensis - Laredo Striped Whiptail - (McKinney, Kay & Anderson, 1973)
  A. neomexicana - New Mexico Whiptail - (Lowe & Zweifel, 1952)
  A. neotesselata - Southeastern Colorado Whiptail - (Walker, Cordes & Taylor, 1997)
  A. pai - Pai Striped Whiptail - (Wright & Lowe, 1993)
  A. septemvittata - Plateau Spotted Whiptail - (Cope, 1892)
A. s. septemvittata - Plateau Spotted Whiptail - (Cope, 1892)
  A. sexlineata - Six-lined Racerunner - (Linnaeus, 1766)
A. s. sexlineata - Six-lined Racerunner - (Linnaeus, 1766)
A. s. stephensae - Texas Yellowhead Racerunner - (Trauth, 1992)
A. s. viridis - Prairie Racerunner - (Lowe, 1966)
  A. sonorae - Sonoran Spotted Whiptail - (Lowe & Wright, 1964)
  A. tesselata - Colorado Checkered Whiptail - (Say, 1823)
  A. tigris - Western Whiptail - (Baird & Girard, 1852)
A. t. marmorata - Western Marbled Whiptail - (Baird & Girard, 1852)
A. t. munda - California Whiptail - (Camp, 1916)
A. t. punctilinealis - Southern Whiptail - (Dickerson, 1919)
A. t. reticuloriens - Eastern Marbled Whiptail - (Vance, 1978)
A. t. septentrionalis - Northern Whiptail - (Burger, 1950)
A. t. stejnegeri - Coastal Whiptail - (Van Denburgh, 1894)
A. t. tigris - Great Basin Whiptail - (Baird & Girard, 1852)
  A. uniparens - Desert Grassland Whiptail - (Wright & Lowe, 1965)
  A. velox - Plateau Striped Whiptail - (Springer, 1928)
  A. xanthonota - Redback Whiptail - (Duellman & Lowe, 1953)

Family Xantusiidae - Night Lizards - Baird, 1858
  Xantusia - Night Lizards - Baird, 1858
  X. arizonae - Arizona Night Lizard - Klauber, 1931
  X. bezyi - Bezy's Night Lizard - Papenfuss, Macey & Schulte 2001
  X. gracilis - Sandstone Night Lizard - Grismer & Galvan, 1986
  X. henshawi - Granite Night Lizard - Stejneger, 1893
  X. riversiana - Island Night Lizard - Cope, 1883
X. r. reticulata - San Clemente Night Lizard - Smith, 1946
X. r. riversiana - San Nicolas Night Lizard - Cope, 1883
  X. sierrae - Sierra Night Lizard - Bezy, 1967
  X. vigilis - Desert Night Lizard - Baird, 1858
  X. wigginsi - Wiggins's Night Lizard - Savage, 1952
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