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Aspidoscelis  Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1172208

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 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  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis angusticeps (Cope, 1878) – Yucatán Whiptail, Huico yucateco, Cuiji Yucateco 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis burti (Taylor, 1938) – Canyon Spotted Whiptail, Huico Manchado de Cańon 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis calidipes (Duellman, 1955) – Tepalcatepec Valley Whiptail, Huico de Tepalcatepec, Río Tepalcatepec Valley Whiptail, Ticuiliches 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis carmenensis (Maslin and Secoy, 1986) – Huico Garganta-anaranjada de Isla Carmen, Isla Carmen Orange-throated Whiptail, Carmen Island Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis ceralbensis (Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1921) – Cerralvo Island Whiptail, Huico de Cerralbo 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis communis (Cope, 1878) – Colima Giant Whiptail, Huico moteado-gigante, Moteado, Giant Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis costatus (Cope, 1878) – Western Mexico Whiptail, Huico del oeste-mexicano, Huico Llanero 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis cozumela (Gadow, 1906) – Cozumel Racerunner, Huico de Cozumel, Cuiji de Cozumel, Cozumel Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis danheimae (Burt, 1929) – Isla San José Whiptail, Huico de la Isla San José 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis deppii (Wiegmann, 1834) – Blackbelly Racerunner, Huico siete líneas, Black-bellied Racerunner, Cuiji Panzanegra 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis espiritensis (Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1921) – Espiritu Santo Whiptail, Isla Espíritu Santo Whiptail, Huico de Espíritu Santo 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis exsanguis (Lowe, 1956) – Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis franciscensis (Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1921) – San Francisco Island Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis gularis (Baird and Girard, 1852) – Eastern Spotted Whiptail, Common Spotted Whiptail, Texas Spotted Whiptail, Huico texano 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis guttatus (Wiegmann, 1834) – Mexican Racerunner, Huico picuiliche 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis hyperythrus (Cope, 1863) – Orange-throated Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis inornatus (Baird, 1859) – Little Striped Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis labialis (Stejneger, 1890) – Baja California Whiptail, Huico de Baja California 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis laredoensis (McKinney, Kay and Anderson, 1973) – Laredo Striped Whiptail, Llanera de Laredo 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis lineattissimus (Cope, 1878) – Many-lined Whiptail, Huico muchas líneas, Cuiji de Muchas Lineas 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis marmoratus (Baird and Girard, 1852) – Marbled Whiptail, Huico Marmóreo, Western Marbled Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis martyris (Stejneger, 1891) – San Pedro Martir Whiptail, Huico de San Pedro Mártir 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis maslini (Fritts, 1969) – Maslin's Whiptail, Huico de Maslin 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis maximus (Cope, 1863) – Cape Region Whiptail, Huico del Cabo, Huico de Region del Cabo 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis mexicanus (Peters, 1869) – Mexican Whiptail, Huico mexicano, Cuiji Mexicano 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941) – Giant Whiptail, Cuiji Gigante 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis neomexicanus (Lowe and Zweifel, 1952) – New Mexico Whiptail, Huico de Nuevo México 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis neotesselatus (Walker, Cordes and Taylor, 1997) – Colorado Checkered Whiptail, Triploid Checkered Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis opatae (Wright, 1967) – Opata Whiptail, Huico opata 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis pai (Wright and Lowe, 1993) – Pai Striped Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis parvisocius (Zweifel, 1960) – Mexican Pigmy Whiptail, Huico pigmeo 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis pictus (Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1921) – Isla Monserrate Whiptail, Huico de la Isla Monserrate 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis preopatae Barley, Reeder, Nieto-Montes-De-Oca, Cole and Thomson, 2021  
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis rodecki (McCoy and Maslin, 1962) – Rodeck's Whiptail, Huico de Rodeck, Cuiji de Rodeck 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis sackii (Wiegmann, 1834) – Sack's Spotted Whiptail, Campeche 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis scalaris (Cope, 1892) – Rusty-rumped Whiptail, Plateau Spotted Whiptail, Correadora Pinta Occidental 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis sexlineatus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Six-lined Racerunner, Huico de Seis Líneas 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis sonorae (Lowe and Wright, 1964) – Sonoran Spotted Whiptail, Gila Spotted Whiptail, Huico Manchado de Sonora 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis stictogrammus (Burger, 1950) – Giant Spotted Whiptail, Huico Manchado Gigante 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis tesselatus (Say in James, 1823) – Common Checkered Whiptail, Gray Checkered Whiptail, Huico Teselado 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis tigris (Baird and Girard, 1852) – Western Whiptail, Tiger Whiptail, Huico Tigre 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis uniparens (Wright and Lowe, 1965) – Desert Grassland Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis velox (Springer, 1928) – Plateau Striped Whiptail 
                                     SpeciesAspidoscelis xanthonotus (Duellman and Lowe, 1953) – Red-backed Whiptail, Huico de Dorsorojo 
       

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  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   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Harvey, Michael B., Gabriel N. Ugueto, and Ronald L. Gutberlet, Jr.   
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3459   
  Page(s): 1-156   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
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