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title: "Greater Earless Lizard"
description: "Cophosaurus texanus — Rettili. The greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) is the only species in the monotypic genus Cophosaurus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/greater-earless-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Earless Lizard

> Cophosaurus texanus — Rettili. The greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) is the only species in the monotypic genus Cophosaurus.

- Scientific name: *Cophosaurus texanus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 11490
- Wikidata: [Q2355833](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2355833)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36076](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36076)

## Names

- en: Greater Earless Lizard
- de: Große Taubechse
- es: Lagartija sorda mayor
- fr: Lézard sans oreilles majeur
- nl: Dove leguaan

## Countries with the most observations

US (10170), MX (895)

## Summary

The greater earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) is the only species in the monotypic genus Cophosaurus. It is closely related to the smaller, lesser earless lizards and other species in the genus Holbrookia, and in fact was placed in that genus and referred to Holbrookia texana from 1852 into the 1970s. Earless lizards lack external ear openings, an adaptation to burrowing in the sand, as are the recessed lower jaw and flared upper labial scales. Greater earless lizards are sexually dimorphic, males grow larger and are more colorful than females, exhibiting pink and green colors that are particularly bright in the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_earless_lizard

## Photo

![Greater Earless Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-earless-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: William · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236165641

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-earless-lizard?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).