| This
genus is monotypic. The genus is by some synonymized
with Holbrookia.
| Cophosaurus
Troschel, 1852 |
|
Cophosaurus
texana (Troschel, 1850) texana
(Troschel, 1850)
Holbrookia
texana (Troschel, 1850)
Holbrookia texana texana (Troschel,
1850) |
scitula
Peters, 1951
Holbrookia
texana scitula Peters, 1951 |
Distribution: Mexico
(both) and USA
(both). |
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| Literature |
| Behler,
J.L. & F.W. King. 1979. The Audubon Society Field
Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians. Alfred
A. Knopf, New York, 743 pp. |
Clarke, R.F. 1965. An ethological study of the iguanid
lizard genera Callisaurus, Cophosaurus, and Holbrookia.
Emporia State Res. Stud., 13(4): 1-66. |
| Frost,
D.R. & R. Etheridge. 1989. A phylogenetic analysis
and taxonomy of iguanian lizards (Reptilia: Squamata).
Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ., 81: 1-65. |
| Kasson,
R.N. & M.K. Ross. 2001. Cophosaurus texanus.
Diet and Behavior. Herpetol. Rev., 32(1): 40. |
| Maury,
M.E. 1995. Diet Composition of the Greater Earless Lizard
(Cophosaurus texanus) in Central Chihuahuan Desert.
J. Herpetol., 29(2): 266-272. |
| Punzo,
F. 1976. Analysis of the pH and Electrolyte Components
Found in the Blood Plasma of Several Species of West Texas
Reptiles. J. Herpetol., 10(1): 49-52. |
| Punzo,
F. 1982. Tail Autotomy and Running Speed in the Lizard
Cophosaurus texanus and Uma notata.
J. Herpetol., 16(3): 329-331. |
| Yancey,
F.D., II. 1997. Geographic Distribution. Cophosaurus
texanus texanus. Herpetol. Rev., 28(2): 95. |
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