Gerrhonotus lugoi

Gerrhonotus lugoi

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 lugoi

Name

Gerrhonotus lugoi McCoy, 1970: 37

• Holotype: CM 49012, immature ♀, collected by Max A. Nickerson and John N. Rinne on 6 July 1968.
• Type locality: “at the northern tip of Sierra de San Marcos, approximately 11 km SW of Cuatro Cidnegas de Carranza, Coahuila, México, elevation ca. 800 m”.

References

Primary references

• McCoy, C.J. 1970. A New Alligator Lizard (Genus Gerrhonotus) from the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 15(1): 37–44. DOI: 10.2307/3670200 ; JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gerrhonotus lugoi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 September 2020.
• Lavin, P., Quintero Díaz, G.E., Hammerson, G.A., Gadsden, H. & Vazquez Díaz, J. 2007. IUCN: Gerrhonotus lugoi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63709A12708137. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63709A12708137.en

Vernacular names

English: Lugo's Alligator Lizard
español: Lagartija caimán de Lugo