Talk:Zebra-tailed lizard

Carmen Island Zebra-tailed Lizard

Originally described as Callisaurus carmenensis by Mary Dickerson in 1919 from specimens collected on Carmen Island in the Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico.

Along with another species described by Mary Dickerson in 1919 (Callisaurus plasticus), Callisaurus carmenensis was regarded as a junior synonym of Callisaurus ventralis gabbii by Karl Patterson Schmidt in 1922

Dickerson, M. C. 1919. Diagnoses of twenty-three new species and a new genus of lizards from Lower California. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 41(10): 461-477.

Schmidt, K. P. 1922. The amphibians and reptiles of Lower California and the neighboring islands. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 46(11): 607-707.--Ronald Van Heest (talk) 13:23, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Sonoran Zebra-tailed Lizard

"Sonoran Zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides inusitanus" possibly a typo for Callisaurus inusitatus described by Mary Dickerson in 1919 from specimens collected from Tiburon Island, in the Gulf of California, Baja Mexico.

Regarded as a subspecies of Callisaurus ventralis by Karl Patterson Schmidt in 1922

Its current designation Callisaurus draconoides inusitatus is a result of Hobart Smith and Edward Taylor in 1950.

Dickerson, M. C. 1919. Diagnoses of twenty-three new species and a new genus of lizards from Lower California. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 41(10): 461-477.

Schmidt, K. P. 1922. The amphibians and reptiles of Lower California and the neighboring islands. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 46(11): 607-707.

Smith, H. M., and E. H. Taylor. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (199): 1-253.--Ronald Van Heest (talk) 13:29, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Angel Island Zebra-tailed Lizard

Originally described as Callisaurus splendidus by Mary Dickerson in 1919 from specimens collected on the island of Angel de la Guarda, in the Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico.

Subsequently recognized as a valid species by Karl Patterson Schmidt in 1922.

Dickerson, M. C. 1919. Diagnoses of twenty-three new species and a new genus of lizards from Lower California. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 41(10): 461-477.

Schmidt, K. P. 1922. The amphibians and reptiles of Lower California and the neighboring islands. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 46(11): 607-707.--Ronald Van Heest (talk) 14:50, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Nevada Zebra-tailed Lizard

Originally described as Callisaurus ventralis myurus by C. H. Richardson in 1915 and is based on specimens from the vicinity of Pyramid Lake, Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

Currently known as Callisaurus draconoides myurus (Smith and Taylor, 1950), the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (Crother, 2008) suggested calling this lizard the Northern Zebra-tailed lizard.

Crother, B. I. (ed.). 2008. Scientific and Standard English names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, pp. 1-84. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Herpetological Circular 37.

Richarson, C. H. 1915. Reptiles of northwestern Nevada and adjacent territory. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 48(2078): 403-435.

Smith, H. M., and E. H. Taylor. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (199): 1-253.--24.182.21.82 (talk) 17:53, 10 August 2010 (UTC)