Aspidoscelis motaguae

Taxonavigation

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

Aspidoscelis motaguae (Sackett, 1941)

Holotype: ANSP 22143.
Type locality: “Montagua River Valley 10 km northeast of Zacapa, Zacapa, Guatemala”.

Cnemidophorus motaguae Sackett, 1941 [original combination]
Aspidoscelis motaguae — Reeder, Cole & Dessauer, 2002: 22 [subsequent combination]

Sackett, J.T. 1941. Preliminary report on results of the West Indies-Guatemala Expedition of 1940 for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Part II.- A new Teiid lizard of the genus Cnemidophorus. Notulae Naturae (77): 1–4.
Reeder, T.W., Cole, C.J. & Dessauer, H.C. 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of Whiptail Lizards of the Genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae): A Test of Monophyly, Reevaluation of Karyotypic Evolution, and Review of Hybrid Origins. American Museum Novitates 3365: 1–64. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2002)365<0001:PROWLO>2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/2854 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Aspidoscelis motaguae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 June 2023.
Canseco-Márquez, L., Muñoz-Alonso, A., Ariano, D. 2013. IUCN: Aspidoscelis motaguae (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T64277A3134298. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T64277A3134298.en. Accessed on 29 June 2023.

English: Giant Whiptail