Ameiva

Ameiva fuscata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Ameiva
Species (13): A. aggerecusans – A. ameiva – A. atrigularis – A. bifrontata – A. concolor – A. fuliginosa – A. jacuba – A. nodam – A. pantherina – A. parecis – A. praesignis – A. provitaae – A. reticulata

Name

Ameiva Meyer, 1795: 27

• Type species: Ameiva americana Meyer, 1795, by subsequent designation.

Synonymy

• Ameiua Meyer 1795: 27. [Original spelling emended by Bechstein, 1800].
• Cnemidotus Wagler, 1828: 860
  • Type species: Lacerta ameiva Linnaeus.
• Pachylobronchus Wagler, 1833: 891
  • Type species: Lacerta ameiva Linnaeus.
• Tiaporus Cope, 1892: 132
  • Type species: Tiaporus fuliginosus Cope by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Meyer, F.A.A., 1795. Synopsis Reptilium, novam ipsorum sistens generum methodum Gottingensium huius ordinis animalium enumerationem. Vandenhoek et Ruprecht, Gottingae, Germany, 32 pp.

Additional references

• Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459(1): 1–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1 Reference page. 
• Giugliano, L.G., Nogueira, C.C., Valdujo, P.H., Collevatti, R.G. & Colli, G.R. 2013. Cryptic diversity in South American Teiinae (Squamata, Teiidae) lizards. Zoologica Scripta 42(5): 473–487. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12017 Reference page. 
• Koch, C., Venegas, P.J., Rödder, D., Flecks, M. & Böhme, W. 2013. Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924. Zootaxa 3745(2): 263–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.2.6 Reference page. 
• Hurtado, L.A., Santamaria, C.A. & Fitzgerald, L.A. 2014. The phylogenetic position of the critically endangered Saint Croix ground lizard Ameiva polops: revisiting molecular systematics of West Indian Ameiva. Zootaxa 3794(2): 254–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.2.4 Reference page. 
• Landauro, C.Z., García-Bravo, A. & Venegas, P.J. 2015. An endemic new species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from an isolated dry forest in southern Peru. Zootaxa 3946(3): 387–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ameiva . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 June 2018.

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