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Cnemidophorus tigris tigris

(Great Basin Whiptail)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Great Basin Whiptail, Sonoran Tiger Whiptail, Tiger Whiptail, Western Whiptail

Common Names in Spanish:

Huico Occidental

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Lepidosauria ()
        Subclass: Diapsida ()
        Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha ()
        Superorder: Lepidosauria () -
        Order: Squamata ()
        Suborder: Lacertilia ()
        Infraorder: Scincomorpha ()
        Family: Teiidae ()
        Genus: Cnemidophorus () - Wagler, 1830
        Specific name: tigris
        Subspecies: tigris
        Scientific name: - Cnemidophorus tigris tigris BAIRD & GIRARD 1852

Synonyms

Cnemidophorus tigris Baird and Girard

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: January 31, 2000.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cnemidophorus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 74 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. abaetensis (Sand Dune Lizard) · C. angusticeps (Yucatanwhiptail) · C. angusticeps angusticeps (Yucatanwhiptail) · C. arizonae (Arizona Striped Whiptail) · C. arubensis (Aruba Whiptail) · C. burti (Canyon Spotted Whiptail) · C. burti burti (Canyon Spotted Whiptail) · C. burti stictogrammus (Canyon Spotted Whiptail) · C. calidipes (Rio Tepalcatepic Valley Whiptail) · C. ceralbensis (Cerralvo Island Whiptail) · C. communis (Colima Giant Whiptail) · C. communis communis (Colima Giant Whiptail) · C. costatus (Western Mexico Whiptail) · C. costatus costatus (Western Mexico Whiptail) · C. cozumela (Cozumel Racerunner) · C. cozumelae (Cozumel Racerunner) · C. cozumelae cozumelae (Cozumel Racerunner) · C. cryptus (Cryptic Racerunner) · C. deppei (Blackbelly Racerunner) · C. deppei deppei (Blackbelly Racerunner) · C. dixoni (Gray-Checkered Whiptail) · C. exsanguis (Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail) · C. flagellicaudus (Gila Spotted Whiptail) · C. gularis (Texas Spotted Whiptail) · C. guttatus (Mexican Racerunner) · C. gypsi (Little White Whiptail) · C. hyperythrus (Belding's Orangethroat Whiptail) · C. hyperythrus beldingi (Belding's Orange-Throated Whiptail) · C. hyperythrus hyperythrus (Cape Orange-Throated Whiptail) · C. innotatus (Plateau Spotted Whiptail) · C. inornatus (Little Striped Whiptail) · C. inornatus heptagrammus (Little Striped Whiptail) · C. inornatus inornatus (Little Striped Whiptail) · C. labialis (Baja California Whiptail) · C. lacertoides (Bibron's Whiptail) · C. laredoensis (Laredo Striped Whiptail) · C. lemniscatus (Rainbow Whiptail) · C. lemniscatus lemniscatus (Blue Racerunner) · C. lineattissimus (Many-Lined Whiptail) · C. longicaudus (Longtail Whiptail) · C. marmoratus (Marbled Whiptail) · C. marmoratus marmoratus (Marbled Whiptail) · C. marmoratus reticuloriens (Eastern Marbled Whiptail) · C. martyris (San Pedro Martir Whiptail) · C. maximus (Cape Region Whiptail) · C. mexicanus (Mexican Whiptail) · C. motaguae (Giant Whiptail) · C. murinus (Laurent's Whiptail) · C. murinus murinus (Laurent's Whiptail) · C. neomexicanus (New Mexican Whiptail) · C. neotesselatus (Colorado Checkered Whiptail) · C. ocellifer (Spix's Whiptail) · C. opatae (Opatawhiptail) · C. pai (Pai Striped Whiptail) · C. parvisocius (Mexican Pigmy Whiptail) · C. pseudolemniscatus (Colee's Racerunner) · C. rodecki (Rodeck's Whiptail) · C. scalaris (Rusty-Rumped Whiptail) · C. septemvittatus (Plateau Striped Whiptail) · C. sexlineatus (Prairie Racerunner) · C. sexlineatus sexlineatus (Eastern Six-Lined Racerunner) · C. sexlineatus viridis (Prairie Racerunner) · C. sonorae (Sonoran Spotted Whiptail) · C. tesselatus (Bold Checkered Whiptail) · C. tigris (Coastal Whiptail) · C. tigris (Southern Whiptail) · C. tigris multiscutatus (Coastal Western Whiptail) · C. tigris mundus (California Whiptail) · C. tigris septentrionalis (Northern Whiptail) · C. tigris tigris (Great Basin Whiptail) · C. uniparens (Desert Grassland Whiptail) · C. uniparens; (Desert Grassland Whiptail) · C. vanzoi (Maria Island Ground Lizard) · C. velox (Plateau Striped Whiptail)

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Further Reading

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Brigham Young University science bulletin. 11 1970 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 2, p. 30, p. 43.
Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 189, p. 217, p. 227.
California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 158.
Journal of entomology and zoology. Claremont, Calif., U.S.A.: Pomona College Dept. of Zoology, [1913- url p. 65.
Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 510.
Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 48.
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1979- url p. 30.
The Great Basin naturalist. 26 1966 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 112, p. 128, tanner, page 219, p. 222, p. 52, ferguson, payne & storm, page 63, p. 64, andre & macmahon, page 68.
The University of Kansas science bulletin. 33 1950 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 363.
The nature-study review Ithica, N.Y.: Comstock Pub. Co., 1905-1923 url p. 4.
The reptiles of western North America, an account of the species known to inhabit California and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora and Lower California, by John Van Denburgh, with one hundred and twenty-eight plates. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences, 1922. url p. 114, p. 510.
University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 172, p. 507, p. 509, p. 529.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2537931
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-6802
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13516030
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208946
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17885

Last Revised: 7/14/2012