Cophosaurus texanus
Troschel, 1852
koh-foe-SOUR-us — tex-AN-us
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Texas Spotted Lizard (Holbrookia texana: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); Texan Spotted Lizard (Holbrookia texana: Strecker, John K., Jr. 1922. An annotated catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles of Bexar County, Texas. Bulletin Scientific Society of San Antonio (4):1-31); Banded-tailed Earless Lizard (Holbrookia texana: Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.); Greater Earless Lizard (Holbrookia texana: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Arizona Earless Lizard (Holbrookia texana scitula: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Texas Earless Lizard (Holbrookia texana texana: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1852
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Troschel, F. H. Cophosaurus texanus, neue Eidechsengattung aus Texas. [Cophosaurus texanus, new genus of lizards from Texas.] Archiv für Naturgeschichte [Natural History Archives] 16(1):388-394
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1963
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Clarke, Robert F. The comparative behavior of the iguanid lizards, Callisaurus, Cophosaurus, and Holbrookia. Dissertation. University of Oklahoma, Norman. 136pp.
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1965
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Clarke, Robert F. An ethological study of the iguanid genera Callisaurus, Cophosaurus, and Holbrookia. Emporia State Research Studies 13(4):1-66
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1987
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Smith, D. D., P. A. Medica, and S. R. Sanborn. Ecological comparison of sympatric populations of sand lizards (Cophosaurus texanus and Callisaurus draconoides). Great Basin Naturalist 47:175-185
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1989
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de Queiroz, Kevin. Morphological and biochemical evolution in the sand lizards. Dissertation. University of California, Berkeley. 491pp.
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1992
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Howland, Jeffrey M. Life history of Cophosaurus texanus (Sauria: Iguanidae): Environmental correlates and interpopulatonal variation. Copeia 1992(1):82-93
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1993
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Wiens, John J. Phylogenetic relationships of phrynosomatid lizards and monophyly of the Sceloporus group. Copeia 1993(2):287-299
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1995
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Sugg, Derrick W., L. A. Fitzgerald, and H. L. Snell. Growth rate, timing of reproduction, and size dimorphism in the Southwestern Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus scitulus). Southwestern Naturalist 40:193-202
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2008
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Blaine, Russell A. Biogeography of the North American Southwest sand lizards. Dissertation. Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri. pp.
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2011
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Bezy, Robert L. Greater Earless Lizard, Cophosaurus texanus Troschel, 1852. Sonoran Herpetologist 24(5):42-46
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2013
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Lambert, Shea M. and John J. Wiens. Evolution of viviparity: A phylogenetic test of the cold-climate hypothesis in Phrynosomatid lizards. Evolution 67(9):2614–2630
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