Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota Subordo: Lacertoidea |
Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Cnemidophorus
Species: Cnemidophorus splendidus
Name
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”.
Combinations
- Cnemidophorus lemniscatus splendidus Markezich, Cole & Dessauer, 1997: 46 [original combination, as subspecies]
- Cnemidophorus splendidus — McCranie & Hedges, 2013: 313 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
References
Primary references
- 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
- 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.
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Cnemidophorus splendidus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 November 2018.