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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


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Autarchoglossa
	Family	Teiidae Gray, 1827 – Tegus, Ground Lizards, New World Runners, Racerunners, Whiptails, Ameivas
	Genus	Cnemidophorus 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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