Venerable collared lizard
| Venerable collared lizard | |
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| Crotaphytus antiquus (top: male; bottom: female) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Crotaphytidae |
| Genus: | Crotaphytus |
| Species: | C. antiquus
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| Binomial name | |
| Crotaphytus antiquus & Webb, 1995
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The venerable collared lizard (Crotaphytus antiquus) is a species of lizard in the genus Crotaphytus in the family Crotaphytidae. The species is native to northern Mexico.
Geographic range[]
C. antiquus is restricted to the area of , Texas, and in extreme southwestern Coahuila state.[1]
Reproduction[]
Conservation status[]
C. antiquus is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List.[3] Major threats to the population include habitat degradation, mainly due to gravel extraction for building materials in nearby urban areas.
References[]
- ^ McGuire, Jimmy A. (1996). "Phylogenetic Systematics of Crotaphytid Lizards (Reptilia: Iguania: Crotaphytidae)". Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (32): iv + 1-143, 52 figures. (Crotaphytus antiguus, pp. 69-72).
- ^ "Crotaphytus antiquus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Lemos-Espinal, Julio A.; Smith, Geoffrey R. (2016). "Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Coahuila, Mexico, with comparison with adjoining states". Zookeys 593: 117-137.
Further reading[]
- Axtell, Ralph W.; Webb, Robert G. (1995). "Two new Crotaphytus from southern Coahuila and the adjacent states of east-central Mexico". Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 16 (2): 1–15. (Crotaphytus antiquus, new species).
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