Cnemidophorus lemniscatus

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

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 Reference page.

Additional references

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. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemidophorus lemniscatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.
Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. 2019. IUCN: Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203182A2761805. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203182A2761805.en. Accessed on 17 June 2022.

Vernacular names

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

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