Crotaphytidae

Crotaphytidae
Crotaphytus collaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Clade:	Pleurodonta
Family:	Crotaphytidae H.M. Smith & Brodie, 1982
Genera
Crotaphytus Gambelia

The Crotaphytidae, or collared lizards, are a

They may be related to the extinct Arretosauridae of Paleogene Asia due to similar jaw morphologies, though other studies classify the Arretosauridae in Acrodonta with other Old World iguanians.^[4][5]

Technical characters

• Femoral pores
  present
• Interparietal scale small (distinctly smaller than ear opening)
• Never have an enlarged middorsal scale row or fringe
• Never have a divided rostral scale
• No bony spines or projecting ridges on their heads
• No scales projecting over their ears, and no scales forming a prominent fringe on sides of toes as in Phrynosomatidae

Species

Image	Genus	Living species
	Gambelia Baird, 1859[6][7] (leopard lizards)	Yarrow , 1882) Stejneger , 1890) long-nosed leopard lizard – Gambelia wislizenii (Baird & Girard , 1852)
	Crotaphytus Holbrook, 1842[6][8] (collared lizards)	venerable collared lizard – Crotaphytus antiquus Axtell & Webb, 1995 desert collared lizard – Crotaphytus bicinctores N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner , 1972 common collared lizard – Crotaphytus collaris (Say , 1823) Dickerson's collared lizard – Crotaphytus dickersonae K.P. Schmidt, 1922 Grismer's collared lizard – Crotaphytus grismeri McGuire , 1994 Eastern collared lizard – Crotaphytus insularis Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921 Sonoran collared lizard – Crotaphytus nebrius Axtell & Montanucci, 1977 reticulated collared lizard – Crotaphytus reticulatus Baird, 1858 Baja collared lizard – Crotaphytus vestigium N.M. Smith & W.W. Tanner, 1972

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in different genus.

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