Cnemidophorus ruthveni

Cnemidophorus ruthveni is a species of teiid lizard endemic to Bonaire and commonly known as the Bonaire whiptail.[2] It was formerly considered a subspecies of Cnemidophorus murinus, commonly known as Laurent's whiptail, but that name is now restricted to the form found on the island of Curacao.[3]

Cnemidophorus ruthveni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Cnemidophorus
Species:
C. ruthveni
Binomial name
Cnemidophorus ruthveni
Burt, 1935

References

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  1. ^ van Buurt, G. 2016. Cnemidophorus ruthveni (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50012123A115403496. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T50012123A50012137.en. Downloaded on 21 June 2019.
  2. ^ Cnemidophorus ruthveni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 June 2019.
  3. ^ Ugueto, Gabriel N., and Michael B. Harvey. Southern Caribbean Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae): Description of New Species and Taxonomic Status of C. murinus ruthveni Burt. Herpetological Monographs, 24(1):111-148 (2010). Downloaded on 31 March 2020.