Cnemidophorus splendidus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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

Cnemidophorus splendidus Markezich, Cole & Dessauer, 1997

Holotype: MCNG 140, adult ♂, collected by Allan L. Markezich on 22 July 1993.
Type locality: “tropical thornwood land community on a ranch 2 km S of Miraca (locality coordinates 11°52' N, 69°52'30" W), Peninsula de Paraguana, Estado Falcon, Venezuela”.

Cnemidophorus lemniscatus splendidus Markezich, Cole & Dessauer, 1997: 46 [original combination, as subspecies]
Cnemidophorus splendidus — McCranie & Hedges, 2013: 313 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Markezich, A.L., Cole, C.J. & Dessauer, H.C. 1997. The blue and green whiptail lizards (Squamata: Teiidae: Cnemidophorus) of the peninsula de Paraguana, Venezuela: systematics, ecology, descriptions of two new taxa, and relationships to whiptails of the Guianas. American Museum Novitates 3207: 1–60. hdl: 2246/3616 Reference page.
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.

English: Blue Whiptail