Xenosaurus arboreus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoanguimorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha

Familia: Xenosauridae
Genus: Xenosaurus
Species: Xenosaurus arboreus

Name

Xenosaurus arboreus Lynch & Smith, 1965: 163

• Holotype: UIMNH 56576.
• Type locality: “La Cumbre de la Sierra Madre, above Zanitepec, Oaxaca[, Mexico].”

Combinations

• Xenosaurus grandis arboreus — King & Thompson, 1968: 106 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

• Lynch, J.D. & Smith, H.M. 1965. A new species of Xenosaurus (Reptilia: Xenosauridae) from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 68(1): 163–172. DOI: 10.2307/3626359 JSTOR

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xenosaurus arboreus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Arboreal Knob-scaled Lizard