Aspidoscelis carmenensis (MASLIN & SECOY, 1986)

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Higher Taxa	Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Carmen Island Whiptail G: Carmen-Rennechse S: Huico Garganta-anaranjada de Isla Carmen
Synonym	Verticaria caerulea DICKERSON 1919: 472 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus caeruleus — BURT 1931: 240 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus caeruleus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 186 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus carmenensis MASLIN & SECOY 1986: 21 (nom. nov.) Cnemidophorus carmenensis — GRISMER 1999 Aspidoscelis carmenensis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 Aspidoscelis carmenensis — JONES & LOVICH 2009 Aspidoscelis carmenensis — TAYLOR & WALKER 2014 Aspidoscelis carmenensis — JOHNSON et al. 2017
Distribution	Mexico (Baja California, Isla Carmen) Type locality: Carmen Island, Baja California
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 64251, given as AMNH 5517 in original description.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Bearing in general close resemblance to Verticaria sericea (Van Denburgh), of San Jose Island, but with longer muzzle, somewhat shorter hind legs, frontal not in complete contact with second supraocular (because of interposition of granules), lighter general and dorsal coloration, and bright blue color not only ventrally but high laterally on head and neck, body, extremities, and tail, as well as on dorsal aspect of tail, at least distally (DICKERSON 1919: 472).
Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Burt, C. E. 1931. A study of the teiid lizards of the genus Cnemidophorus with special reference to their phylogenetic relationships. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 154: 286 pp. - get paper here Dickerson, M. C. 1919. Diagnoses of twenty-three new species and a new genus of lizards from Lower California. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 41 (10): 461-477 - get paper here Grismer, L. Lee 1999. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of Cnemidophorus hyperythrus and C. ceralbensis (Squamata: Teiidae) in Baja California, México. Herpetologica 55 (1): 28-42 - get paper here Johnson, J. D., L. D. Wilson, V. Mata-Silva, E. García-Padilla, and D. L. DeSantis. 2017. The endemic herpetofauna of Mexico: organisms of global significance in severe peril. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(3): 544–620 - get paper here Jones, L.L. & Lovich, R.E. 2009. Lizards of the American Southwest. A photographic field guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ, 568 pp. [review in Reptilia 86: 84] - get paper here Liner, Ernest A., and Gustavo Casas-Andreu. 2008. Standard Spanish, English and Scientific Names of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico. Herpetological Circular 38: 167 p. Maslin, T. & Secoy, D.M. 1986. A checklist of the lizard genus Cnemidophorus (Teiidae). Contr. Zool. Univ. Colorado Mus. 1: 1-60 Peralta-García A, Valdez-Villavicencio JH, Fucsko LA, Hollingsworth BD, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, Rocha A, DeSantis DL, Porras LW, and Wilson LD. 2023. The herpetofauna of the Baja California Peninsula and its adjacent islands, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 17(1&2): 57–142 Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here Taylor, Harry L. and James M. Walker 2014. Pan-Peninsular pattern of morphological variation in Aspidoscelis hyperythra (Squamata: Teiidae), Baja California, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist Jun 2014, Vol. 59, No. 2: 221-227. - get paper here Taylor, Harry L. and James M. Walker 2014. Pattern of Differential Divergence Among Five Insular Species of the Aspidoscelis hyperythra Complex (Squamata: Teiidae), Baja California Sur, México. Journal of Herpetology Sep 2014, Vol. 48, No. 3: 355-362 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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