Xenosaurus rackhami

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoanguimorpha

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 Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha

Familia: Xenosauridae
Genus: Xenosaurus
Species: Xenosaurus rackhami

Name

• Xenosaurus rackhami Stuart, 1941: 47

Holotype: UMMZ 89072, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Finca Volcán (49 km east of Cobán), Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, at an altitude of about 4000 feet.”

Combinations

• Xenosaurus rackhami rackhami Werler & Shannon, 1961: 128 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Xenosaurus grandis rackhami — Lynch & Smith, 1965: 171 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]

References

Primary references

• Stuart, L.C. 1941. A new species of Xenosaurus from Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54: 47–48. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Xenosaurus rackhami. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Rackham’s Knob-scaled Lizard