.::::: Lizards of the World - Iguania - Holbrookia :::::.
Last update: 23 December, 2003

This genus contains four species distributed in Mexico and USA.

Holbrookia Girard, 1851
 
Holbrookia elegans Bocourt, 1874
Holbrookia maculata elegans Bocourt, 1874
Distribution: Mexico and USA.
Holbrookia lacerata Cope, 1880
  • lacerata Cope, 1880
    Holbrookia maculata lacerata Cope, 1880
  • subcaudalis Axtell, 1956
    • Holbrookia subcaudalis Axtell, 1956
    Distribution: Mexico (subcaudalis) and USA (both).
    Holbrookia maculata Girard in Baird & Girard, 1852
  • maculata Girard in Baird & Girard, 1852
  • approximans Baird, 1858
    Holbrookia approximans Baird, 1858
  • bunkeri Smith, 1935
  • dickersonae Schmidt, 1921
    Holbrookia dickersonae Schmidt, 1921
  • perspicua Axtell, 1956
  • pulchra Schmidt, 1921
    Holbrookia pulchra Schmidt, 1921
  • ruthveni Smith, 1943
  • thermophila Barbour, 1921


    • Distribution: Mexico (approximans, bunkeri, dickersonae, pulchra, thermophila) and USA (approximans, maculata, perspicua, thermophila).
    Holbrookia propinqua Baird & Girard, 1852
  • propinqua Baird & Girard, 1852
  • piperata Smith & Burger, 1950


    • Distribution:     Mexico (piperata) and USA (propinqua).
    Literature
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    Axtell, R.W. 1956. A solution to the long neglected Holbrookia lacerata problem, and the description of two new subspecies of Holbrookia. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci., 10(11): 163-179.
    Axtell, R.W. 1958. A monographic revision of the iguanid genus Holbrookia. Ph.D. dissertation. Univ. Texas, viii + 222 pp.
    Axtell, R.W. 1968. Holbrookia lacerata. Cat. Amer. Amphib. Rept., 56: 1-2.
    Axtell, R.W. 1981. Holbrookia propinqua: Type Specimens, Collector, His Route, and Restriction of Locality, with Comments on Baird’s ”Reptiles of the Boundary” as an Important Taxonomic Reference. J. Herpetol., 15(2): 211-217.
    Baird, S.F. 1858(1859). Description of New Genera and Species of North American Lizards in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 253-256.
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    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.
    Cooper, W.E., Jr. 1984. Female secondary sexual coloration and sex recognition in the keeled earless lizard, Holbrookia propinqua. Anim. Behav., 32: 1142-1150.
    Cooper, W.E., Jr. 1986. Chromatic components of female secondary sexual coloration: influence on social behavior of male keeled earless lizards (Holbrookia propinqua). Copeia, 1986: 980-986.
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    Cooper, W.E., Jr. & D. Crews. 1987. Hormonal induction of secondary sexual coloration and rejection behaviour in keeled earless lizards, Holbrookia propinqua. Anim. Behav., 35: 1177-1187.
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    Cooper, W.E., Jr. & L.J. Guillette. 1991. Observations on activity, display behavior, coloration and androgen levels in the keeled earless lizard, Holbrookia propinqua. Amphibia-Reptilia, 12: 57-66.
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    Gennaro, A.L. 1972. Home Range and Movements of Holbrookia maculata maculata in Eastern New Mexico. Herpetologica, 28(2): 165-168.
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