Cnemidophorus ruthveni

Cnemidophorus ruthveni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Cnemidophorus
Species:	C. ruthveni
Binomial name
Cnemidophorus ruthveni Burt, 1935

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]

References

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.