30 bulletin 154, united states national museum 



thf; lemniscatus group 



CNEMIDOPHORUS LEMNISCATUS LEMNISCATUS (Linnaeus) 



BLUE RACE-RUNNER 



1758. Lacerta lemniscata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, voL 1, p. 209, (type 

 locality, "Guinea." lapsus calamus for Guiaua, S. Amer.) ; ed. 12, vol. 2, 

 1766, p. 309. — BoNNATERRK. Ei'petol., Tabl. Ency. Nature, 1789, p. 48. — Daudix, 

 Hist. nat. Reptiles, vol. 3, 1802, p. 175.— Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. 3, 1802, p. 238.— 

 TuRTON, Syst. Nat., English edition of Linnaeus, 1806, p. 668. — Sonnini and 

 Latreille, Hist. nat. Rept., vol. 1, 1802, p. 226. — Kuhl, Beitr. zool. u. vergl. 

 Anat., 1820, p. 117. — Wagler, Nat. Syst. Aniph.. 1830, p. 154. — Andersson, 

 Bihang till K. Svenska Yet.-Akad. Handl., vol. 26, section 4, No. 1, 1900. 

 p. 16.— Sherborn, Index Animalium (1758-1800), 1902, p. 525. 



Figure 6. — Cne.midophorus le.mniscatus lemm.scatus. Anal eegion. 

 A, Ventral .scutes; B, preanal scale; C, anal spue; D, caudals ; 

 Ej TIBIALS ; F, femoral pores ; O, femoral shields 



1768. Scps caeruUnts Lat'renti, Synops, Rept.. p. 63, (type, locality, America). 

 1768. 8epS lemniscata Laurbnti, Synops. Rept., p. 60. — Sherborn, Index 



Animalium (1758-1800), 1902, p. 525. 

 1789. Lacerta cacnilcsccns Bonnateere, Erpetol.. Tal)l. Ency. Nature, p. 46. 

 1820. Teius lemniscatus Merrem, Yersuch eines Systems der Amphilnen, p. 6;\ 

 1820. Teius cijaneus INIeukem, Versuch eines Systems der Ampliibien. p. 61 



(type locality, "America."- — Wagler, Nat. Syst. Amph., 1830, p. 154. 

 1820. Lacerta cwruleoccphala Kuhl, Beitr. zool. u. vergl. Anat., p. 117. — ^^'AG- 



LER, Nat. Syst. Ainpli.. 1830, p. 154. 

 1823. Ameiva lemniscata Lichtenstein, Verz. Douhl. zool. INIus. Konigl. Univ. 



zu Berlin, p. 91. — Cuviee. Animal Kingdom, English translation by M'Murtrie, 



1831, p. 22. — Griffith, Cuvier's "Animal Kingdom," 1831, p. 114, (footnote). 

 1831. Teivs (Ameiva) Icmniscattis Gray, Synops. Rept., appx. to Griffith's 



" Cuvier's Animal Kingdom," p. 31. 

 1831. Teyus ci/ancus Griffith, Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, p. 114. 

 1831. Teius (Ameiva) eyaneus Gray, Synops. Kept., appx. to Griffith's " Cuvier's 



Animal Kingdom," p. 30. 



