Cnemidophorus gaigei

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 45352, collected by Frederick M. Gaige on 11 August 1913.

Type locality: “Santa Marta Mountains and vicinity, Colombia”.

Cnemidophorus lemniscatus gaigei Ruthven, 1915: 1 [original combination, as subspecies]
Cnemidophorus gaigei — McCranie & Hedges, 2013: 313 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Ruthven, A.G. 1915. Description of a new subspecies of Cnemidophorus lemniscatus Laurenti. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 16: 1–4. BHL
Mccranie, J.R. & Hedges, S.B. 2013. A review of the Cnemidophorus lemniscatus group in Central America (Squamata: Teiidae), with comments on other species in the group. Zootaxa 3722(3): 301–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.1 Reference page.

English: Gaige’s Whiptail