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Aspidoscelis tigris  (Baird and Girard, 1852)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1172378

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cnemidophorus tigris Baird and Girard, 1852
  
  Common Name(s): Western Whiptail [English]
  
    Tiger Whiptail [English]
  
    Huico Tigre [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyTeiidae Gray, 1827 – Tegus, Ground Lizards, New World Runners, Racerunners, Whiptails, Ameivas  
                                  GenusAspidoscelis Fitzinger, 1843  
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis tigris (Baird and Girard, 1852) – Western Whiptail, Tiger Whiptail, Huico Tigre  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris aethiops (Cope, 1900) – Huico Tigre de Sonorense, Sonoran Tiger Whiptail 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris dickersonae (Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1921)  
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris disparilis (Dickerson, 1919) – Huico de Isla Angel de la Guarda, Isla Angel de la Guarda Tiger Whiptail 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris multiscutatus (Cope, 1892) – Coastal Whiptail, Huico Costeńo 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris mundus (Camp, 1916) – California Whiptail 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris nigroriens (Hendricks and Dixon, 1986) – Huico de Garganta Negra del Oriente, Eastern Black-throated Whiptail 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris pulcher (Williams, H. Smith and Chrapliwy, 1960) – Huico Hermoso, Beautiful Marbled Whiptail 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris punctatus (Walker and Maslin, 1964) – Llanera de Cola de Látigo, Spotted Tiger Whiptail 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris punctilinealis (Dickerson, 1919) – Sonoran Tiger Whiptail, Huico Tigre de Sonora 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris rubidus (Cope, 1892) – Huico de Cola Rosada, Pink-tailed Whiptail 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris septentrionalis (Burger, 1950) – Plateau Tiger Whiptail, Northern Whiptail 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri (Van Denburgh, 1894) – Coastal Whiptail, San Diegan Tiger Whiptail, Huico de Stejneger 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris tigris (Baird and Girard, 1852) – Great Basin Whiptail, Huico de la Gran Cuenca 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris vandenburghi (Dickerson, 1919) – Huico de la Isla Carmen, Carmen Island Whiptail 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris variolosus (Cope, 1892) – Huico Occidental Manchado, Spotted Western Whiptail 
                                        Subspecies Aspidoscelis tigris vividus (Walker, 1981) – Huico de la Isla Coronado, South Coronado Island Whiptail 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Aspidoscelis tigris    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (Nov 2021), website (version Nov-2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P, Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2021) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 12 Dec 2021   
  Reference for: Aspidoscelis tigris   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular, no. 43   
  Page(s): 102   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-946681-003   
  Notes: Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/   
  Reference for: Aspidoscelis tigris, Tiger Whiptail [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Liner, Ernest A., and Gustravo Casas-Andreu, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Standard Spanish, English, and Scientific Names of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico, 2nd edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetological Circular, no. 38   
  Page(s): 1-162   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-916984-755   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Aspidoscelis tigris, Huico Tigre [Spanish], Tiger Whiptail [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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