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