Poole, Karen E.
Cnemidophorus
Sign in to saveCnemidophorus is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Species in the genus Cnemidophorus are commonly referred to as whiptail lizards or racerunners. The genus is native to South America, Central America, and the West Indies.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,809
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Teiidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CUMV, CM, UCMP, MSUM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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- Cnemidophorus tigris multiscutatus.jpg
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- Category:Cnemidophorus
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Cnemidophorus is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Species in the genus Cnemidophorus are commonly referred to as whiptail lizards or racerunners. The genus is native to South America, Central America, and the West Indies.
==Taxonomy== Reeder et al. (2002) re-examined the nomenclature for the genus Cnemidophorus (sensu lato) and split it into the two genera Aspidoscelis and Cnemidophorus (sensu stricto). A further split by Harvey et al. (2012) added the genera Ameivula and Contomastix.
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