Pholidoscelis atratus

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Pholidoscelis
Species: Pholidoscelis atratus

Name

• Pholidoscelis atratus (Garman, 1887)

Holotype: MCZ 6084.

Type locality: “Redonda”.

Combinations

• Ameiva atrata Garman, 1887: 8 [original combination]
• Pholidoscelis atratus — Goicoechea et al., 2016: 671 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Garman, S. 1887. On the West Indian Teiids in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Essex Institute 19: 1–12. BHL
• 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. 2025. Pholidoscelis atratus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 November 2018.
• Daltry, J.C. 2017. IUCN: Pholidoscelis atratus  (Critically Endangered) (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T50009685A121638486. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50009685A121638486.en

Vernacular names

English: Redonda Ameiva