Cnemidophorus flavissimus

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

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Cnemidophorus
Species: Cnemidophorus flavissimus

Name

Cnemidophorus flavissimus Ugueto, Harvey & Rivas, 2010: 135

• Holotype: MBUCV 983, adult ♂, collected by Luis Duque on Decemnber 1948.
• Type locality: “Archipiélago Los Frailes (11º12’93” N, 63º45’0” W), Dependencias Federales, Venezuela, elevation 0–20 m”.

References

Primary references

• Ugueto, G.N., Harvey, M.B. & Rivas, G.A. [2009] 2010. Two New Species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) from Islands of the Northeastern Coast of Venezuela. Herpetological Monographs 23(1): 123–153. DOI: 10.1655/09-035.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cnemidophorus flavissimus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.
• Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2017. IUCN: Cnemidophorus flavissimus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T50011766A50011770. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T50011766A50011770.en

Vernacular names

• English: Los Frailes Whiptail