climate change. The reticulated collared lizard is the only crotaphytid species in the United States that is protected from collection. References External links Herps of Texas: Crotaphytus reticulatus Further reading Baird SF (1858). "Description of New Genera and Species of North American Lizards in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 10: 253-256. (Crotaphytus reticulatus, new species, p. 253). Behler JL, King FW (1979). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 743 pp., 657 plates. . (Crotaphytus reticulatus, pp. 505-506 + Plate 360). Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 plates, 207 figures. . (Crotaphytus reticulatus, pp. 277-278 + Plate 24). Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. (hardcover), (paperback). (Crotaphytus reticulatus, pp. 108-109). Crotaphytus Reptiles of Mexico Reptiles of the United States Fauna of the Rio Grande valleys Reptiles described in 1858 Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird