DFW HERPS |
Holbrookia maculata |
Lesser Earless Lizard |
LESSER EARLESS LIZARD Holbrookia maculata Girard, 1851 STATUS: Rare DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant HABITAT: Western Cross Timbers and Fort Worth Prairie SUBSPECIES: Eastern Earless Lizard (H. m. perspicua Axtell, 1956) COMMENTS: There are no recent records of the eastern earless lizard in any of these counties. I have not found H. m. perspicua, so the photos are of H. m. approximans. |