Ameivula ocellifera

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: Ameivula
Species: Ameivula ocellifera

Ameivula ocellifera (Spix, 1825)

Holotype: ZSM. [lost during WWII]

Type locality: “Bahiae [=Bahia]”, Brazil.

Teius ocellifer Spix, 1825: 23 [original combination]
Cnemidophorus ocellifer — Peters, 1878: 414 [subsequent combination]
Ameivula ocellifera — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012: 93 [subsequent combination]

Syntypes (6): ZMUC R4382-5; ZMB 4335; NHMW 17167.

Type locality: “Maruim”, Cotinguiba, Sergipe, Brazil.

Spix, J.B. von 1825. Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. J. B. de Spix. T. O. Weigel; F. S. Hübschmanni, Monachii: Lipsiae. 26 pp. BHL
Reinhardt, J. & Lütken, C. [1861] 1862. Bidrag til Kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn Series 2, 3(Nr. 10-15): 143–242 + pl. 3–6. BHL Reference page.
Peters, W. [1877] 1878. Herpetologische Notizen. I. Uber die von Spix in Brasilien gesammelten Eidechsen des Königlichen NaturalienKabinets zu München. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877: 407–414. BHL

Hoogmoed, M.S. & Gruber, U. 1983. Spix and Wagler type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in the Natural History Musea in Munich (Germany) and Leiden (the Netherlands). Spixiana. Supplement 9: 319–415.

English: Spix's Whiptail