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1 September 2014 Extreme variant of the triploid parthenogenetic lizard Aspidoscelis exsanguis (Squamata: Teiidae) from New Mexico
James M. Walker, Geoffrey C. Carpenter, Austin L. Fitzgerald, Larry K. Kamees, James E. Cordes
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Abstract

Parthenogenetic reproduction in several all-female species of whiptail lizards (genus Aspidoscelis) does not preclude the occasional production of extreme variants. An adult lizard with a unique combination of dorsal color pattern, scutellation, and meristic characters captured 20 August 2013 approximately 200 m east of the Rio Grande in Bosque Farms, Valencia County, New Mexico, was inferred to be an extreme variant of triploid, hybrid-derived Aspidoscelis exsanguis which was also observed near the point of capture. There was no basis for identifying the specimen as a tetraploid hybrid because morphology did not reflect that origin and no gonochoristic species (e.g., Aspidoscelis marmorata or Aspidoscelis inornata) was known to occur at the site. Morphological analyses also ruled out the possibility that it could be an extreme variant of diploid parthenogenetic Aspidoscelis neomexicana, which is syntopic with A. exsanguis in Bosque Farms.

James M. Walker, Geoffrey C. Carpenter, Austin L. Fitzgerald, Larry K. Kamees, and James E. Cordes "Extreme variant of the triploid parthenogenetic lizard Aspidoscelis exsanguis (Squamata: Teiidae) from New Mexico," The Southwestern Naturalist 59(3), 419-423, (1 September 2014). https://doi.org/10.1894/NBF-11.1
Received: 16 October 2013; Accepted: 1 June 2014; Published: 1 September 2014
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