Holcosus sinister

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: 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 Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Holcosus
Species: Holcosus sinister

Name

Holcosus sinister (Smith & Laufe, 1946)

• Holotype: FMNH 100054 (former EHT-HMS 11908), adult ♂, collected by Hobart M. Smith in 1935.
• Type locality: “Manzanillo, Colima”, Mexico.

Combinations

• Ameiva undulata sinistra Smith & Laufe, 1946: 59 [original combination]
• Holcosus undulatus sinister — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Holcosus sinister — Meza-Lázaro & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2015: 206 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Smith, H.M. & Laufe, L.E. 1946. A summary of Mexican lizards of the genus Ameiva. The University of Kansas. Science Bulletin 31: 7–73. BHL Reference page. 
• Meza-Lázaro, R.N. & Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2015. Long forsaken species diversity in the Middle American lizard Holcosus undulatus (Teiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 189–210. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12264 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Holcosus sinister. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 October 2022.