Ameiva bifrontata

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: Ameiva bifrontata
Subspecies (3): A. b. bifrontata – A. b. divisa – A. b. insulana

Name

• Ameiva bifrontata Cope, 1862: 67

Syntypes (4): ANSP 3657, 9082-83, 9140.

Type locality: “St. Thomas, W. Indies; New Grenada”.

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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ameiva bifrontata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 June 2018.
• Rivas, G., Caicedo, J. & Ortega, A. 2016. IUCN: Ameiva bifrontata  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44579553A115388917. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44579553A44579558.en

Vernacular names

English: Cope's Ameiva