Cnemidophorus gaigei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata 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: Cnemidophorus
Species: Cnemidophorus gaigei

Name

• Cnemidophorus gaigei Ruthven, 1915

Holotype: UMMZ 45352, collected by Frederick M. Gaige on 11 August 1913.

Type locality: “Santa Marta Mountains and vicinity, Colombia”.

Combinations

• Cnemidophorus lemniscatus gaigei Ruthven, 1915: 1 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Cnemidophorus gaigei — McCranie & Hedges, 2013: 313 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Ruthven, A.G. 1915. Description of a new subspecies of Cnemidophorus lemniscatus Laurenti. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 16: 1–4. BHL
• Mccranie, J.R. & Hedges, S.B. 2013. A review of the Cnemidophorus lemniscatus group in Central America (Squamata: Teiidae), with comments on other species in the group. Zootaxa 3722(3): 301–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.3.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2019. Cnemidophorus gaigei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Gaige’s Whiptail