Aurivela tergolaevigata

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 Cladus: 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: Aurivela
Species: Aurivela tergolaevigata

Name

Aurivela tergolaevigata (Cabrera, 2004)

• Holotype: MACN 6827, adult ♂, collected by the expedition of Dr. J. Yepes and A.R. Zotta during the austral summer 1933–1934.
• Type locality: “Chilecito, Cerro [= Sierra de] Velasco, Villa Unión and Cerro [= Sierra de] Famatina, La Rioja province, Argentina”, restricted to “Chilecito, in Chilecito Department, La Rioja province, Argentina” by Cabrera & Etheridge (2006: 111).

Combinations

• Cnemidophorus tergolaevigatus Cabrera, 2004: 266 [original combination]
• Aurivela tergolaevigata — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet Jr., 2012: 99 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cabrera, M.R. 2004. A new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) from western Argentina. Amphibia-Reptilia 25(3): 265–275. DOI: 10.1163/1568538041975080 Reference page. 
• Cabrera, M.R. & Etheridge, R. 2006. New records and type locality restriction for the endemic Argentinian lizard Cnemidophorus tergolaevigatus (Squamata: Teiidae). Herpetological Review 37(1): 110–111. Reference page. 
• Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459(1): 1–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Arzamendia, V., Fitzgerald, L., Giraudo, A., Kacoliris, F., Montero, R., Pelegrin, N., Scrocchi, G. & Williams, J. 2016. IUCN: Aurivela tergolaevigata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50011403A50011462. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50011403A50011462.en. Accessed on 02 October 2025.