Aspidoscelis tigris

Aspidoscelis tigris

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Aspidoscelis tigris (Baird & Girard, 1852)

• Holotype: USNM 4103, collected by Capt. Stansbury, date unknown.
• Type locality: “from the Valley of the great Salt Lake”, Utah, United States.

Combinations

• Cnemidophorus tigris Baird & Girard, 1852: 69 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. First Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 68–70. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Aspidoscelis tigris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 October 2019.
• Hammerson, G.A., Frost, D.R. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Aspidoscelis tigris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64290A12754666. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64290A12754666.en

Vernacular names

English: Western Whiptail

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