Cophosaurus texanus (Greater Earless Lizard)
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GREATER
EARLESS LIZARD
Cophosaurus texanus Troschel, 1850
STATUS: Common in
western part of Metroplex
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Hood
Co.: Comanche Park; Johnson Co.: Cleburne
State Park and 8.1 mi S Cleburne; Parker Co.: 5.4
mi N of Tx 171 on US 377 near Bear Creek, 1.9 mi E Aledo, and near Rio
Brazos Estates S of Weatherford; Somervell
Co.: .9 mi S of Glen
Rose, Dinosaur Valley State Park, and 14 mi W of Rio Vista at Johnson
Ranch; Tarrant Co.:
Walnut Creek W of Benbrook, Bear Creek at US 377 bridge, Mustang
Creek at Benbrook Lake, and below Eagle Mt. Lake dam
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, and Tarrant
HABITAT: Western Cross
Timbers, Fort Worth Prairie, and Rolling Plains
SUBSPECIES: Texas
Earless Lizard (C. t. texanus Troschel, 1850)
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