Cnemidophorus

Cnemidophorus hyperythrus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Superfamilia: Lacertoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Cnemidophorus
Species (19): C. arenivagus – C. arubensis – C. cryptus – C. duellmani – C. espeuti – C. flavissimus – C. gaigei – C. gramivagus – C. lemniscatus – C. leucopsammus – C. murinus – C. nigricolor – C. pseudolemniscatus – C. rostralis – C. ruatanus – C. ruthveni – C. senectus – C. splendidus – C. vanzoi

Name

Cnemidophorus Wagler, 1830: 154

Type species: Seps murinus Laurenti, 1768, by subsequent designation by Fitzinger (1834).

References

Primary references

Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

McCrystal, H.K. & Dixon, J.R. 1987. A New Species of Cnemidophorus (Sauria: Teiidae) from the Llanos of Colombia and Venezuela. Journal of Herpetology 21(4): 245–254. DOI: 10.2307/1563966 Reference page.
Cole, C.J. & Dessauer, H.C. 1993. Unisexual and bisexual whiptail lizards of the Cnemidophorus lemniscatus complex (Squamata: Teiidae) of the Guiana Region, South America, with descriptions of new species. American Museum Novitates 3081: 1–30. hdl: 2246/4979 Reference page.
Markezich, A.L., Cole, C.J. & Dessauer, H.C. 1997. The blue and green whiptail lizards (Squamata: Teiidae: Cnemidophorus) of the peninsula de Paraguana, Venezuela: systematics, ecology, descriptions of two new taxa, and relationships to whiptails of the Guianas. American Museum Novitates 3207: 1–60. hdl: 2246/3616 Reference page.
Ugueto, G.N. & Harvey, M.B. 2010. Southern Caribbean Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae): Description of New Species and Taxonomic Status of C. murinus ruthveni Burt. Herpetological Monographs 24(1): 111–148. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00002.1 Reference page.
Ugueto, G.N., Harvey, M.B. & Rivas, G.A. [2009] 2010. Two New Species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) from Islands of the Northeastern Coast of Venezuela. Herpetological Monographs 23(1): 123–153. DOI: 10.1655/09-035.1 Reference page.
Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459(1): 1–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1 Reference page.
Mccranie, J.R. & Hedges, S.B. 2013. A review of the Cnemidophorus lemniscatus group in Central America (Squamata: Teiidae), with comments on other species in the group. Zootaxa 3722(3): 301–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.1 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cnemidophorus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Whiptails
magyar: Futógyíkok

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