Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98

  NAME -                 Yucatan whiptail

  ORDER -                SAURIA
  FAMILY -               Teiidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Cnemidophorus angusticeps

  SYNONYMS - Cnemidophorus angusticeps petenensis, Beargie and and McCoy

  REFERENCES - 3 and  1

  District                                                     Reference

  Belize, Belize                                                       1
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Private land, see comments                                                   
  Government land                                                             1
  Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed)                                            1
  Private land, see comments                                                  1
  Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Private                                      1
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30'           1
  17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45'           1
  17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30'            
  

  General Distribution Comments

  2 * Gracy Rock, Belize City Airport.

  References

  1  Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize.
     Report to National Protected Areas Management Project.
  
  2  Neill, W.T. and R. Allen. 1959. Additions to the British Honduras
     Herpetofaunal list.  Herpetologica 15:235-240.
  
  3  Lee, Julian C. 1996.  The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán
     Peninsula.  Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.