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
ISSN1938-5110
Autores Tópico(s)Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
ResumoC. 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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