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The gray checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis dixoni), also known commonly as Dixon's whiptail and the gray-checkered whiptail, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Common checkered whiptail, Common name, Diurnality, Egg, Family (biology), Habitat, Herbert C. Dessauer, Herpetology, Hobart Muir Smith, Insectivore, James R. Dixon, Lizard, Mexico, New Mexico, Parthenogenesis, Robert C. Stebbins, Species, Specific name (zoology), Subspecies, Teiidae, Texas, United States.

  2. Aspidoscelis
  3. Reptiles described in 1973
  4. Taxa named by James F. Scudday

Common checkered whiptail

The checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata) is a species of lizard found in the southwestern United States in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico, and in northern Mexico in Chihuahua and Coahuila. Gray checkered whiptail and Common checkered whiptail are Aspidoscelis, Fauna of the Southwestern United States and reptiles of Mexico.

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is often based in Latin.

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Diurnality

Diurnality is a form of plant and animal behavior characterized by activity during daytime, with a period of sleeping or other inactivity at night.

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Egg

An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Herbert C. Dessauer

Herbert Clay Dessauer (30 December 1921 – 8 February 2013) was an American biochemist, and a pioneer in the use of molecular systematics to clarify the evolutionary relationships of anole lineages.

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Herpetology

Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν herpetón, meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and tuataras).

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Hobart Muir Smith

Hobart Muir Smith, born Frederick William Stouffer (September 26, 1912 – March 4, 2013), was an American herpetologist.

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Insectivore

robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects.

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James R. Dixon

James Ray Dixon (August 1, 1928, in Houston, Texas – January 10, 2015, in Bryan, Texas) was professor emeritus and curator emeritus of amphibians and reptiles at the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection at Texas A&M University.

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Lizard

Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Parthenogenesis

Parthenogenesis (from the Greek παρθένος|translit.

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Robert C. Stebbins

Robert Cyril Stebbins (March 31, 1915 – September 23, 2013) was an American herpetologist and illustrator known for his field guides and popular books as well as his studies of reptiles and amphibians.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Teiidae

Teiidae is a family of Lacertoidean lizards native to the Americas.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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See also

Aspidoscelis

Reptiles described in 1973

Taxa named by James F. Scudday

  • Gray checkered whiptail

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_checkered_whiptail

Also known as Aspidoscelis dixoni, Cnemidophorus dixoni, Cnemidophorus tesselatus dixoni, Dixon's whiptail, Gray-checkered whiptail.