Cnemidophorus murinus

Cnemidophorus murinus

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 murinus

Name

Cnemidophorus murinus (Laurenti, 1768)

• Holotype: unknown. [based on illustration in Seba (1735: fig. 2, 111)]
• Type locality: “Java” (in error), restricted to “Curaçao” by Burt (1935: 1).

Combinations

• Seps murinus Laurenti, 1768: 63 [original combination]
• Cnemidophorus murinus — Wiegmann, 1834: 27 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ugueto, G.N. & Harvey, M.B. 2010. Southern Caribbean Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae): Description of New Species and Taxonomic Status of C. murinus ruthveni Burt. Herpetological Monographs 24(1): 111–148. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-10-00002.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cnemidophorus murinus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.
• van Buurt, G. 2016. IUCN: Cnemidophorus murinus  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50011969A115403393. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T50011969A50011991.en. Accessed on 26 June 2023.

Vernacular names

• English: Laurent's/Curaçao Whiptail