Gerrhonotus parvus

Gerrhonotus parvus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: 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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Gerrhonotus
Species: Gerrhonotus parvus

Name

Gerrhonotus parvus Knight & Scudday, 1985: 89

• Holotype: SRSU 5538, ♀, collected by R. Alec Knight on 21 March 1983.
• Type locality: “3 km SE Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico”.

References

Primary references

• Knight, R.A. & Scudday, J.F. 1985. A New Gerrhonotus (Lacertilia: Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental, Nuevo León, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 30(1): 89–94. DOI: 10.2307/3670661 ; JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Conroy, C.J., Bryson, R.W., Lazcano, D. & Knight, A. 2005. Phylogenetic Placement of the Pygmy Alligator Lizard Based on Mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Herpetology 39(1): 142–147. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0142:PPOTPA]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Gerrhonotus parvus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 September 2020.
• Canseco-Márquez, L. & Mendoza-Quijano, F. 2007. IUCN: Gerrhonotus parvus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63711A12708470. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63711A12708470.en

Vernacular names

• English: Pygmy Alligator Lizard
• español: Lagartija Caimán de Sierra Plegada

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