Cnemidophorus vanzoi

Cnemidophorus vanzoi

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

• Cnemidophorus vanzoi (Baskin & Williams, 1966)

Holotype: MCZ 69112, collected by James D. Lazell Jr. on August 1962.

Type locality: “southernmost of two Maria Islands off southeastern end of St. Lucia, British West Indies”.

Combinations

• Ameiva vanzoi Baskin & Williams, 1966: 146 [original combination]
• Cnemidophorus vanzoi — Maslin & Secoy, 1986 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Baskin, J.N. & Williams, E.E. 1966. The Lesser Antillean Ameiva (Sauria, Teiidae). Re-evaluation, zoogeography, and the effects of predation. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 23(1): 144–176.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cnemidophorus vanzoi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.
• Daltry, J.C. 2016. IUCN: Cnemidophorus vanzoi  (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T4997A115071448. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4997A71739552.en

Vernacular names

English: Santa Lucia Whiptail