Aspidoscelis ceralbensis (VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN, 1921)
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Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Cerralvo Island Whiptail S: Huico de la Isla Cerralvo |
Synonym | Verticaria ceralbensis VAN DENBURGH & SLEVIN 1921: 396 Cnemidophorus ceralbensis — BURT 1931: 216 Cnemidophorus ceralbensis — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 188 Cnemidophorus ceralbensis — LINER 1994 Cnemidophorus ceralbensis — GRISMER 1999 Aspidoscelis ceralbensis — REEDER et al. 2002 Aspidoscelis ceralbensis — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 |
Distribution | Mexico (Ceralbo Island, Baja California)
Type locality: Ceralbo Island, Baja California.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: CAS 50510, paratypes in ZMB |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Belongs to the Aspidoscelis deppii group (fide REEDER et al. 2002). |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
References |
- Bauer, A.M. and R. Günther 1994. An annotated type catalogue of the teiid and microteiid lizards in the Zoological Museum, Berlin (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 70:267-280 - get paper here
- 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
- 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
- Maslin, T. & Secoy, D.M. 1986. A checklist of the lizard genus Cnemidophorus (Teiidae). Contr. Zool. Univ. Colorado Mus. 1: 1-60
- 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
- Van Denburgh, J.; Slevin, J. R. 1921. Preliminary diagnoses of more new species of reptiles from islands in the gulf of California, Mexico. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 11 (17): 395-398 - get paper here
- Walker, J. Martin;Maslin, Harry L. TayloT. Paul 1966. Morphology and relations of the teiid lizard, Cnemidophorus ceralbensis. Copeia 1966 (3): 585-588 - get paper here
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