Taxonomy Profile: Teiidae (Gray 1827)

Teiidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Ground Lizards []
New World Runners []
Racerunners []
Whiptails []
Ameivas []
Tegus []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Teiidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Autarchoglossa
Family : Teiidae
Ground Lizards |
New World Runners |
Racerunners |
Whiptails |
Ameivas |
Tegus |
Teiidae Direct Children(s):
Cnemidophorus
(Wagler 1830)
Ameiva
(Meyer 1795)
Kentropyx
(Spix 1825)
Tupinambis
(Daudin 1803)
Callopistes
(Gravenhorst 1837)
Crocodilurus
(Spix 1825)
Dracaena
(Daudin 1801)
Dicrodon
(Duméril and Bibron 1839)
Teius
(Merrem 1820)
Ameivula
(Harvey Ugueto and Gutberlet Jr 2012)
Aspidoscelis
(Fitzinger 1843)
Aurivela
(Harvey Ugueto and Gutberlet Jr 2012)
Contomastix
(Harvey Ugueto and Gutberlet Jr 2012)
Holcosus
(Cope 1862)
Medopheos
(Harvey Ugueto and Gutberlet Jr 2012)
Salvator
(Duméril and Bibron 1839)
Glaucomastix
(Goicoechea Frost De la Riva Pellegrino Sites Rodrigues and Padial 2016)
Pholidoscelis
(Fitzinger 1843)
Teiidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Teiidae
Expert:
Peter Uetz
Notes:
Associate Professor, CSBC
Reference for:
Teiidae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Teiidae
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Teiidae
Source:
Reptile Database (Nov 2021)
Acquired:
2021-12-12
Notes:
Uetz, P., Freed, P, Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2021) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 12 Dec 2021
Reference for:
Teiidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Teiidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Teiidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Goicoechea, Noemí, Darrel R. Frost, Ignacio De la Riva, Katia C. M. Pellegrino, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2016-12-01 / 2016-12-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Cladistics, vol. 32, no. 6
Page(s):
624-671
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0748-3007
Notes:
doi: 10.1111/cla.12150
Reference for:
Teiidae
Teiidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Teiidae: Comments