Cnemidophorus nigricolor

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 nigricolor

Name

Cnemidophorus nigricolor Peters, 1873: 76

Lectotype: ZMB 7646, ♂. [designated by Maslin & Secoy (1986: 26)]

Type locality: “auf der venezuelanischen Inselgruppe Los Roques, im Norden von La Guayra”, Distrito Federal, Venezuela.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1873. Über eine neue Art von Cnemidophorus. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1873: 76–77. BHL

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, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cnemidophorus nigricolor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.
• Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2016. IUCN: Cnemidophorus nigricolor  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50011998A50012001. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50011998A50012001.en

Vernacular names

• English: Los Roques Whiptail