Cnemidophorus cryptus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Cnemidophorus cryptus Cole & Dessauer, 1993: 20

Holotype: AMNH 135089, adult ♀, collected by Charles J. Cole, Carol R. Townsend, Carlos Guaveco, and Maria Jose Praderio on 12 April 1989.
Type locality: “Icabaru, State of Bolivar, Venezuela. This locality is adjacent to the border with Roraima, Brazil, about 75 km (linear) WSW Santa Elena de Uairen, State of Bolivar, Venezuela”.

Cole, C.J. & Dessauer, H.C. 1993. Unisexual and bisexual whiptail lizards of the Cnemidophorus lemniscatus complex (Squamata: Teiidae) of the Guiana Region, South America, with descriptions of new species. American Museum Novitates 3081: 1–30. hdl: 2246/4979 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cnemidophorus cryptus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.
Rivas, G. 2021. IUCN: Cnemidophorus cryptus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T50011743A50011756. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T50011743A50011756.en. Accessed on 05 January 2023.