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Cnemidophorus  Wagler, 1830
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174013

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Racerunners [English]
  
    Whiptails [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyTeiidae Gray, 1827 – Tegus, Ground Lizards, New World Runners, Racerunners, Whiptails, Ameivas  
                                  GenusCnemidophorus Wagler, 1830 – Racerunners, Whiptails  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Cnemidophorus arenivagus Markezich, Cole and Dessauer, 1997  
                                     Species Cnemidophorus arubensis Lidth de Jeude, 1887 – Aruba Whiptail 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus cryptus Cole and Dessauer, 1993 – Cryptic Racerunner 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus duellmani McCranie and Hedges, 2013  
                                     Species Cnemidophorus espeuti Boulenger, 1885 – Rainbow Lizard 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus flavissimus Ugueto, Harvey and Rivas, 2010 – Los Frailes Whiptail 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus gaigei Ruthven, 1915 – Gaige's Rainbow Lizard 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus gramivagus McCrystal and Dixon, 1987  
                                     Species Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Rainbow Lizard, Rainbow Whiptail, South American Whiptail 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus leucopsammus Ugueto and Harvey, 2010 – Blanquilla Whiptail 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus murinus (Laurenti, 1768) – Curaçao Whiptail, Laurent's Whiptail 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus nigricolor Peters, 1873 – Venezuelan Island Whiptail 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus pseudolemniscatus Cole and Dessauer, 1993 – Colee's Racerunner 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus rostralis Ugueto and Harvey, 2010 – La Tortuga Whiptail 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus ruatanus Barbour, 1928 – Central American Whiptail 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus ruthveni Burt, 1935 – Bonaire Whiptail 
                                     Species Cnemidophorus senectus Ugueto, Harvey and Rivas, 2010  
                                     Species Cnemidophorus splendidus Markezich, Cole and Dessauer, 1997  
                                     Species Cnemidophorus vanzoi (Baskin and Williams, 1966) – Maria Islands Whiptail, Saint Lucian Whiptail, Vanzo's Whiptail, Maria Island Ground Lizard 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Cnemidophorus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Cnemidophorus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cnemidophorus   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (Nov 2021), website (version Nov-2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P, Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2021) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 12 Dec 2021   
  Reference for: Cnemidophorus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cnemidophorus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cnemidophorus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Harvey, Michael B., Gabriel N. Ugueto, and Ronald L. Gutberlet, Jr.  
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3459   
  Page(s): 1-156   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cnemidophorus   
       

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