Aspidoscelis mexicanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Superclassis*: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Lacertoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Aspidoscelis
Species: Aspidoscelis mexicanus

Name

• Aspidoscelis mexicanus (Peters, 1869)

Lectotype: ZMB 6209. [designated by Maslin & Secoy (1986)]

Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “Matamoros (Izucar)”, Puebla, by Smith & Taylor (1950) and subsequently to “Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico” by Duellman & Zweifel (1962).

Combinations

• Cnemidophorus mexicanus Peters, 1869: 62 [original combination]
• Aspidoscelis mexicana — Reeder, Cole & Dessauer, 2002: 22 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 57–66. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Aspidoscelis mexicanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 April 2019.

Vernacular names

• English: Mexican Whiptail