Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Anguinae
Genus: Ophisaurus
Species: Ophisaurus attenuatus
Subspecies:

Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus Baird in Cope, 1880

Holotype: not designated.
Neotype: ANSP 12755, ♂, collected by G.H. Ragsdale. [designated by McConkey (1954: 149)]
Type locality: “near Dallas”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Cooke County, Texas” by McConkey (1954: 149).

Cope, E.D. 1880. On the zoological position of Texas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 17: 1–51. BHL
McConkey, E.H. 1954. A systematic study of the North American lizards of the genus Ophisaurus. American Midland Naturalist 51(1): 133–171. DOI: 10.2307/2422217 ; JSTOR Reference page.

McConkey, E.H. 1952. A new subspecies of Ophisaurus attenuatus, with a key to the North American forms. Natural History Miscellanea 102: 1–2. Reference page.