Aspidoscelis

Taxobox
name = "Aspidoscelis"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Sauria
familia = Teiidae
genus = "Aspidoscelis"

"Aspidoscelis" is a genus of whiptail lizards, from the family Teiidae. The nomenclature for this genus has recently been published by T. W. Reeder et al. in 2002. Many species that were "Cnemidophorus" are now considered "Aspidoscelis" based upon divergent characters between the two groups.

References

* Reeder, Tod; Dessauer, Herbert C.; Cole, Charles J. (2002): Phylogenetic relationships of whiptail lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata, Teiidae) : a test of monophyly, reevaluation of karyotypic evolution, and review of hybrid origins. "American Museum novitates" no. 3365: 1-61. [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/2854]