Gerrhonotus liocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Gerrhonotus
Species: Gerrhonotus liocephalus
Subspecies (3): G. l. austrinus – G. l. liocephalus – G. l. loweryi

Name

• Gerrhonotus liocephalus Wiegmann, 1828: 381

Holotype: ZMB 1153, juvenile indet., probably collected by F. Deppe between September–December 1825.

Type locality: not given; indicate as “Mexico” by Wiegmann (1934), restricted to “Oaxaca” by Bocourt (1878), and to “Tlapancingo, Oaxaca” by Smith & Taylor (1950), in error fide Streseman (1954), and to “probably was collected instead in the vicinity of Oaxaca City or between there and Vista Hermosa” by Smith (pers. comm.)

Synonyms

• Gerrhonotus tesselatus Wiegmann, 1834: 32

Holotype: ZMB 1153, juvenile indet., probably collected by F. Deppe between September–December 1825.

Type locality: “Mexico”.

References

Primary references

• Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde (in German). Isis von Oken 21(4): 364–383. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gerrhonotus liocephalus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2018.
• Vazquez Díaz, J. & Quintero Díaz, G.E. 2007. IUCN: Gerrhonotus liocephalus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63708A12707928. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63708A12707928.en

Vernacular names

English: Texas Alligator Lizard
español: Lagartija caimán sureña