Cnemidophorus lemniscatus

Cnemidophorus lemniscatus

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: Cnemidophorus lemniscatus

Name

Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Lectotype: NRM 126, ♂. [designated by Cole & Dessauer (1993: 18)]
  • Type locality: “Guinea” (in error), designated to “probably all originate from Dahlberg, who had two plantations at the confluence of the Cottica River and the Perica Creek, Surinam” by Hoogmoed (1973: 42), restricted to “South America: Suriname: Marowijne; Christiaankondre and Langamankondre, on the west bank of the Marowijne River” by Cole & Dessauer (1993: 18).
  • Paralectotypes (2): NRM 127, ♀ and NRM 20126, ♂. [designated by Cole & Dessauer (1993: 18)]

Combinations

  • Lacerta lemniscata Linnaeus, 1758: 209 [original combination]
  • Cnemidophorus lemniscatus — Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 129 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL 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 Open access Reference page. 

Additional references

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Tüpfelrennechse
English: Rainbow Whiptail
français: Cnemidophorus lemniscatus
magyar: Szalagos ostorfarkú-gyík
Nederlands: Wenkpootje
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