Pholidoscelis polops

Pholidoscelis polops

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: Pholidoscelis
Species: Pholidoscelis polops

Name

• Pholidoscelis polops (Cope, 1862)

Holotype: USNM 30695.

Type locality: “St. Croix, W. Indies”.

Combinations

• Ameiva polops Cope, 1862: 66 [original combination]
• Pholidoscelis polops — Goicoechea et al., 2016: 36 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Ameiva örstedii Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862: 232

Syntypes (2): ZMUC R-4355-6.

Type locality: “S. Croix”.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 60–82. BHL Reference page. 
• Reinhardt, J. & Lütken, C. 1862. Bidrag til det vestindiske Öriges og navnligen til de dansk-vestindiske Öers Herpetologie. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn series 2, 4: 153–291. BHL Reference page. 
• Goicoechea, N., Frost, D.R., De la Riva, I.J., Pellegrino, K.C.M., Sites Jr., J.W., Rodrigues, M.T. & Padial, J.M. 2016. Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment. Cladistics 32(6): 624–671. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12150 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pholidoscelis polops. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.
• Platenberg, R. 2017. IUCN: Pholidoscelis polops  (Critically Endangered) (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T1118A121643349. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T1118A121643349.en

Vernacular names

English: Saint Croix Ground Lizard

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