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Aspidoscelis costata  (Cope, 1878)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1172784

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s): Western Mexico Whiptail [English]
  
    Huico Llanero [Spanish]
  
  Valid Name: Aspidoscelis costatus (Cope, 1878)
 
       
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  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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  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   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-916984-755   
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  Reference for: Aspidoscelis costata, Huico Llanero [Spanish], Western Mexico Whiptail [English]   
       

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  Comment: Genus Aspidoscelis is treated as masculine, and so the epithet in this combination must be spelled as costatus and not costata  
 

 

    


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