Aspidoscelis danheimae (BURT, 1929)

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Higher Taxa	Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	S: Huico de la Isla San José E: Isla San José Whiptail
Synonym	Verticaria sericea VAN DENBURGH 1895: 132 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus danheimae — BURT 1929 (nom. nov.) Cnemidophorus hyperythrus danheimae — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 186 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus danheimae — MASLIN & SECOY 1986 Cnemidophorus hyperythrus denheimae — LINER 1994 Cnemidophorus danheimae — GRISMER 1999 Aspidoscelis danheimae — REEDER et al. 2002 Aspidoscelis danheimae — TAYLOR & WALKER 2014
Distribution	Mexico (Baja California, San José Island) Type locality: San José Island, Gulf of California, Baja California.
Reproduction	Oviparous.
Types	Neotype: CAS 52555, designated by Slevin and Leviton 1956 (Verticaria sericea); the holotype CAS 435 was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (45 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Belongs to the Aspidoscelis deppii group (fide REEDER et al. 2002).
Etymology	Named after May Danheim Burt, a fellow herpetologist of her husband, Dr. Charles Earle Burt (1904-1963), an Amerian herpetologist and business man.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Burt, Charles E. 1929. The genus of Teiid lizards, Verticaria Cope, 1869, considered as a synonym of Cnemidophorus Wagler, 1830, with a key to the primitive genera of the Teiidae. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 42: 153-156 - 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 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, E.A. 1994. Scientific and common names for the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish. Herpetological Circular 23: 1-113 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 REEDER, T.W.; CHARLES J. COLE AND HERBERT C. DESSAUER 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of Whiptail Lizards of the Genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae): A Test of Monophyly, Reevaluation of Karyotypic Evolution, and Review of Hybrid Origins. American Museum Novitates 3365: 1-64 - get paper here 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. 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 Van Denburgh,J. 1895. A review of the herpetology of Lower California. Part I - Reptiles. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 77-163 - get paper here
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