Aspidoscelis maslini
| Aspidoscelis maslini | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Aspidoscelis |
| Species: | A. maslini
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| Binomial name | |
| Aspidoscelis maslini (Fritts, 1969)
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Aspidoscelis maslini, also known commonly as Maslin's whiptail, Maslin's racerunner, and el huico de Maslin in New World Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula.
Etymology
The specific name, maslini, is in honor of American herpetologist T. Paul Maslin.[3]: 171
Geographic distribution
Aspidoscelis maslini is native to Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo), Guatemala (Petén), and Belize.[2]
Habitat
Aspidoscelis maslini has been found in a variety of disturbed habitats, at altitudes from sea level to 200 m (660 ft), including beaches, coconut plantations, and roadsides.[1]
Reproduction
Aspidoscelis maslini is oviparous[2] and parthenogenetic.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Aspidoscelis maslini is a member of the Aspidoscelis cozumela species group.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Lee, J.; Calderón Mandujano, R. (2013). "Aspidoscelis maslini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T64275A3134222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T64275A3134222.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Aspidoscelis maslini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 June 2019.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
- Fritts, T.H. (1969). "The Systematics of the Parthenogenetic Lizards of the Cnemidophorus cozumela Complex". Copeia. 1969 (3): 519–535. (Cnemidophorus cozumela maslini, new subspecies).
- Hernández-Gallegos, Oswaldo; López-Moreno, Ana Esthela; Méndez-de la Cruz, Fausto R.; Walker, James M. (2018). "Home range of the parthenogenetic lizard Aspidoscelis maslini (FRITTS, 1969), on a beach strand". Herpetozoa. 31 (1/2): 83–86.
- Lee, J.C. (2000). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801485879. 416 pp. (Cnemidophorus maslini).
- Taylor, Harry L.; Walker, James M.; Cordes, James E.; Manning, Glenn J. (2005). "Application of the Evolutionary Species Concept to Parthenogenetic Entities: Comparison of Postformational Divergence in Two Clones of Aspidoscelis tesselata and between Aspidoscelis cozumela and Aspidoscelis maslini (Squamata: Teiidae)". Journal of Herpetology. 39 (2): 266–277.