is monotypic, containing only one species, C. draconoides. Nine subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies. C. d. bogerti – Bogert's zebra-tailed lizard C. d. brevipes – short-footed zebra-tailed lizard C. d. carmenensis – Carmen Island zebra-tailed lizard C. d. crinitus – Viscaino zebra-tailed lizard C. d. draconoides – common zebra-tailed lizard C. d. inusitanus – Sonoran zebra-tailed lizard C. d. myurus – Nevada zebra-tailed lizard C. d. rhodostictus – Mojave zebra-tailed lizard C. d. ventralis – eastern zebra-tailed lizard Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Callisaurus. Etymology The subspecific name, bogerti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert. References External links Further reading Behler, John L.; King, F. Wayne (1979). National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. (Chanticleer Press Edition). 743 pp. . (Callisaurus draconoides, p. 502 + Plate 362). Blainville HD (1835). "Description de quelques espèces de reptiles de la Californie, précedée de l'analyse d'un système générale d'herpétologie et d'amphibiologie ". Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 4: 233-296. (Callisaurus draconoides, new species, pp. 286–287 + Plate 24, figures 2, 2a). (in French). Boulenger, George Albert (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II., Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Callisaurus draconoides, p. 206). O'Shea, Mark; Halliday, Tim (2002). Reptiles and Amphibians: Smithsonian Handbooks. New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing. 256 pp. . Smith, Hobart M.; Brodie, Edmund D., Jr. (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. (paperback); (hardcover). (Callisaurus draconoides, pp. 130–131). Stebbins, Robert C. (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xiii + 533 pp. . (Callisaurus draconoides, pp. 279–280 + Plate 28 + Map 82). Zim, Herbert S.; Smith, Hobart M. (1956). Reptiles and Amphibians: A Guide to Familiar Species: A Golden Nature Guide. New York: Simon and Schuster. 160 pp. (Callisaurus draconoides, pp. 55, 155). Phrynosomatidae Reptiles of the United States Fauna of the Western United States Fauna of the Mojave Desert Fauna of the Colorado Desert Fauna of the Great Basin Fauna of the Sonoran Desert Reptiles described in 1835 Taxa named