Glaucomastix cyanura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Glaucomastix
Species: Glaucomastix cyanura

Name

Glaucomastix cyanura (Arias, Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)

• Holotype: MZUSP 65781, adult ♂, collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues on 16 September 1984.
• Type locality: “Morro do Chapéu (11°33′10″S, 41°09′02″W), state of Bahia, Brazil, elevation 995 m”.

Combinations

• Cnemidophorus cyanurus Arias, Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011: 9 [original combination]
• Ameivula cyanura — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012: 93 [subsequent combination]
• Glaucomastix cyanura — Goicoechea et al., 2016: 671 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Arias, F.J., Carvalho, C.M., Rodrigues, M.T. & Zaher, H. 2011. Two new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) of the C. ocellifer group, from Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 3022: 1–21. Preview. Reference page. 
• Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459(1): 1–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1 Reference page. 
• Goicoechea, N., Frost, D.R., De la Riva, I.J., Pellegrino, K.C.M., Sites Jr., J.W., Rodrigues, M.T. & Padial, J.M. 2016. Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment. Cladistics 32(6): 624–671. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12150 Reference page. 

Links

• Silveira, A.L., Nogueira, C. de C., Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Colli, G.R., Silva, J.R.S., Viñas, L.V., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S., Almeida-Santos, P., Valadão, R., de Oliveira, R.B., Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Ferreira, V.L. & de Menezes, V.A. 2025. IUCN: Glaucomastix cyanura  (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2021 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T50010220A284984223. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T50010220A284984223.en. Accessed on 15 December 2025.