Studies on the Lizard Family Xantusiidae. V. The Cuban Night Lizard, Cricosaura typica Gundlach and Peters

1964; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists; Volume: 1964; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/1441520

ISSN

1938-5110

Autores

Jay M. Savage,

Tópico(s)

Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

Resumo

C. H Peters (in Peters 1863:362) described a peculiar delicate little lizard from Cabo Cruz, Provincia de Oriente, Cuba, and named it Cricosaura typica. Although variously regarded as a member of the families Chalcidiens or Cyclosaures (Peters 1863), Lacertidae (Cope 1864), and Trachydermiens (Bocourt 1876), the relationship of Cricosaura to the night lizards Lepidophyma and Xantusia of Middle America and west-

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