Xenosaurus grandis

Xenosaurus grandis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoanguimorpha

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha

Familia: Xenosauridae
Genus: Xenosaurus
Species: Xenosaurus grandis

Name

Xenosaurus grandis (Gray, 1856)

Holotype: BMNH.

Type locality: “Mexico, near Cordova [=Córdoba].”

Combinations

• Cubina grandis Gray, 1856: 270 [original combination]
• Xenosaurus grandis — Cope, 1867: 322 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Xenosaurus fasciatus Peters, 1861: 454 [synonymized by Cope (1867: 322)]
  • Holotype: ZMB 3922, subadult indet.
  • Type locality: “Huanusco in Mexico.”

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1856. Notice of a new species of nocturnal lizard from Mexico. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 2, 18: 270. BHL
• Peters, W. 1861. Eine neue Gattung von Eidechsen, Xenosaurus fasciatus aus Mexico. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1861: 453–454. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Xenosaurus grandis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2018.
• Canseco-Márquez, L. 2007. IUCN: Xenosaurus grandis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64369A12774503. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64369A12774503.en

Vernacular names

English: Knob-scaled Lizard