Zebra-tailed Lizard - Taxonomy

Taxonomy

The genus Callisaurus is monotypic, that is it contains only one species, Callisaurus draconoides. There are numerous subspecies, which are listed below.

• Bogert's zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides bogerti Martin del Campo, 1943
• short-footed zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides brevipes Bogert & Dorson, 1942
• Carmen Island zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides carmenensis Dickerson, 1919
• Viscaino zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides crinitus Cope, 1896
• common zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides draconoides Blainville, 1835
• Sonoran zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides inusitanus Dickerson, 1919
• Nevada zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides myurus Richardson, 1915
• Mojave zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides rhodostictus Cope, 1896
• Angel Island zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides splendidus Dickerson, 1919
• eastern zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides ventralis (Hallowell, 1852)