Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of St Lucia Whiptail (Cnemidophorus vanzoi), recorded as Critically Endangered
St Lucia Whiptail (Cnemidophorus vanzoi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

St Lucia Whiptail

Cnemidophorus vanzoi

St Lucia Whiptail is a whiptail in the family Teiidae — Cnemidophorus vanzoi, recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Cnemidophorus vanzoi
Taxonomy
Squamata · Teiidae · Cnemidophorus

The whiptail

St Lucia Whiptail is a whiptail in the family Teiidae — Cnemidophorus vanzoi.

Range and habitat

C. Vanzoi is endemic to Saint Lucia, where it has been extirpated from the main island and is now only native to the small islets of Maria Major and Maria Minor, with fewer than 1,000 individuals estimated. A third population has been established on nearby Praslin Island through translocation. The preferred natural habitats of C. Vanzoi are forest and shrubland.

The Saint Lucia whiptail, also known commonly as the Maria Islands whiptail, the Saint Lucian whiptail, and Vanzo's whiptail, is a lizard in the family Teiidae.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

St Lucia Whiptail is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on St Lucia Whiptail, Wikidata item Q2711686. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is St Lucia Whiptail?
St Lucia Whiptail is a whiptail in the family Teiidae — Cnemidophorus vanzoi.
What is the conservation status of St Lucia Whiptail?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Cnemidophorus vanzoi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does St Lucia Whiptail live?
C. Vanzoi is endemic to Saint Lucia, where it has been extirpated from the main island and is now only native to the small islets of Maria Major and Maria Minor, with fewer than 1,000 individuals estimated.
Why is St Lucia Whiptail in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Cnemidophorus vanzoi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is St Lucia Whiptail a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.