DFW HERPS

Cophosaurus texanus

Greater Earless Lizard

 
     

GREATER EARLESS LIZARD Cophosaurus texanus Troschel, 1850

STATUS:  Common in western part of Metroplex

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)