Rainbow whiptail | |
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Tayrona National Natural Park, Magdalena Department, Colombia | |
Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Teiidae |
Genus: | Cnemidophorus |
Species: | C. lemniscatus |
Binomial name | |
Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
The rainbow whiptail (Cnemidophorus lemniscatus) is a species of lizard found in Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It has also been introduced in Florida and has established populations there. A rainbow whiptail grows up to approximately 12 inches (30.5 cm).
Both sexually reproducing and parthenogenetic populations are known.
- Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia
- Blue specimen in Providencia Island, Colombia
- Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia
- Rainbow whiptail at Tayrona Natural Park.
- Struggle between two Cnemidophorus lemniscatus.
References
- ^ Cnemidophorus lemniscatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 November 2014.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cnemidophorus lemniscatus | |
Lacerta lemniscata |
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Cnemidophorus
- Lizards of Central America
- Lizards of the Caribbean
- Reptiles of Belize
- Lizards of Brazil
- Reptiles of Colombia
- Reptiles of Costa Rica
- Reptiles of El Salvador
- Reptiles of French Guiana
- Reptiles of Guatemala
- Reptiles of Guyana
- Reptiles of Honduras
- Reptiles of Nicaragua
- Reptiles of Panama
- Reptiles of Suriname
- Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago
- Reptiles of Venezuela
- Reptiles described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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