Cnemidophorus ruthveni

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

Holotype: UMMZ 57270, adult ♀, collected by Dr. H.B. Baker on 23 August 1922.

Type locality: “Seroe Grandi, Bonaire”.

Cnemidophorus murinus ruthveni Burt, 1935: 1 [original combination, as subspecies]
Cnemidophorus ruthveni — Ugueto & Harvey, 2010: 143 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Burt, C.E. 1935. A new lizard from the Dutch Leeward Islands (Cnemidophorus murinus ruthveni). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 324: 1–3. hdl: 2027.42/56763
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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemidophorus ruthveni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.
van Buurt, G. 2016. IUCN: Cnemidophorus ruthveni (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50012123A115403496. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T50012123A50012137.en

English: Bonaire Whiptail