title: Holbrookia lacerata
text: # Holbrookia lacerata
  
  Holbrookia lacerata, commonly known as the spot-tailed earless lizard, is a species of phrynosomatid lizard.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  It is native to Mexico, in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, and to the United States, in south-central Texas.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  Originally described as a species, it was once reclassified as a subspecies of the lesser earless lizard, Holbrookia maculata, but has since been again elevated to full species status.
  
  