Ameiva ameiva

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,051 meters (0 to 10,010 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Ameiva ameiva - Cei 1993 • Ameiva ameiva - Griffin 1917: 312 • Ameiva ameiva ameiva Barbour & Noble 1915 • Ameiva ameiva bilineata Barbour & Noble 1915 • Ameiva ameiva — Conant & Collins 1991: 127 • Ameiva ameiva — Dirksen & De La Riva 1999 • Ameiva ameiva — Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 181 • Ameiva americana MEYER 1795: 28< /i> (Nom. Subst. For Lacerta Ameiva Gmelin) • Ameiva guttata Gray 1845: 18 • Ameiva litterata Fitzinger 1826: 51 • Ameiva surinamensis - Boulenger 1885: 352 • Ameiva surinamensis - Boulenger 1894: 344 • Ameiva surinamensis Cope 1862: 67 • Ameiva surinamensis — GÜnther 1885: 22 • Ameiva vulgaris - DumÉril & Bibron 1839: 100 • Ameiva vulgaris LICHTENSTEIN 1823< /i> (Nom. Subst. For Lacerta Ameiva Linn.) • Amiva surinamensis Cope 1876: 165 • Amiva [sic] surinamensis - Cope 1876: 165 • Lacerta ameiva Daudin 1802: 98 • Lacerta ameiva Linnaeus 1758: 202 • Lacerta graphica Daudin 1802: 112 • Lacerta litterata Daudin 1802: 106 • Lacerta tristriata COPE 1862< /i> (In Error For Teius Tritaeniatus Spix) • Seps surinamensis LAURENTI 1768< /i> (Fide GÜnther 1885) • Teius tritaeniatus Spix 1825: 22

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ameiva

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. ameiva (Giant Ameiva) · A. anomala (Echternacht's Ameiva) · A. auberi (Auber's Ameiva) · A. bifrontata (Cope's Ameiva) · A. bridgesii (Bridges'ameiva) · A. chaitzami (Chaitzam's Ameiva) · A. chrysolaema (Hisaniolan Giant Ameiva) · A. cineracea (Guadeloupe Ameiva) · A. corax (Anguilla Black Ameiva) · A. corvina (Sombrero Ameiva) · A. dorsalis (Jamaica Ameiva) · A. edracantha (Bocourt's Ameiva) · A. erythrocephala (St. Christopher Ameiva) · A. exsul (Puerto Rican Ground Lizard) · A. exsul exsul (Common Puerto Rican Ameiva) · A. festiva (Middleamerican Ameiva) · A. festiva festiva (Middleamerican Ameiva) · A. fuscata (Dominican Ameiva) · A. griswoldi (Antiguan Ameiva) · A. leberi (Hispaniola Ameiva) · A. leptophrys (Delicate Ameiva) · A. lineolata (Pigmy Blue-Tailed Ameiva) · A. lineolata lineolata (Dwarf Teiid) · A. major (Martinique Giant Ameiva) · A. maynardi (Great Inagua Ameiva) · A. maynardii (Inagua Ameiva) · A. orcesi (Peters' Ameiva) · A. pluvianotata (Montiserrat Ameiva) · A. polops (Saint Croix Ground Lizard) · A. provitaae (Mato Trompa Roja) · A. quadrilineata (Four-Lined Ameiva) · A. septemlineata (Seven-Lined Ameiva) · A. taeniura (Hispaniolan Blue-Tailed Ameiva) · A. taeniura taeniura (Haitian Ameiva) · A. undulata (Rainbow Ameiva) · A. undulata undulata (Rainbow Ameiva) · A. wetmorei (Blue-Tailed Ground Lizard)

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Further Reading

• Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams / Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1983. url p. 196, p. 197, p. 198, p. 723.
• Amphibian & reptile conservation: the international journal devoted to the worldwide preservation and management of amphibian and reptilian diversity. Provo, Utah: Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, [1996- url p. 24.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 312, p. 476.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 172.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. 11 1970 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 1.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 13, p. 170, p. 254, p. 256, p. 82.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 419, p. 420, p. 420, p. 421, p. 421, p. 465, p. 465, p. 466, p. 466, p. 477, p. 477, p. 525.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 30.
• Catalogue of the neotropical Squamata. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970. url p. 19, p. 23, p. 281, p. 282, p. 284, p. 286, p. 287, p. 289, p. 290, p. 293.
• Ectoparasites of Panama. Rupert L. Wenzel [and] Vernon J. Tipton, editors. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1966. url p. 208, p. 798, p. 826.
• General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. 22 1938 Chicago, 1938. url p. 180.
• IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 338, p. 342.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1978 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 10, p. 11, p. 12, fig. 2, page 14, fig. 3, page 15, p. 16, p. 19, fig. 5, page 20, p. 212, fig. 135, page 223, p. 236, p. 255, fig. 167, page 270, fig. 168, page 271, fig. 171, page 276, p. 277, p. 286, p. 287, fig. 172, page 294, p. 3, fig. 184, page 311, p. 313, p. 314, fig. 194, page 324, p. 335, p. 339, p. 343, fig. 20, page 44, p. 6, p. 63, fig. 28, page 64, p. 67, p. 68, p. 69, p. 71, p. 72, p. 73, p. 74, p. 76, p. 84, p. 9, p. 93.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url , p. 20, p. 29, p. 31, p. 49, p. 8.
• Official lists and indexes of names and works in zoology. London, U.K.: International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, c/o Natural History Museum, 2001. url p. 128.
• Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems / [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe. .. [et al.]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. url p. 434, p. 484, p. 499.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 103, p. 173, p. 173.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 239, p. 240, p. 44.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 262, p. 622.
• Proceedings of the New England Zoo?logical Club. [Cambridge, Mass.]: The Club, 1899- url p. 84, p. 84.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 12, p. 183, p. 28, p. 29, p. 3, p. 48, p. 614, p. 7, p. 9, p. 916, p. xiii.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 172.
• Sexual size differences in reptiles / by Henry S. Fitch. 1981 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1981. url p. 19, appendix i, page 53.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 106 1947 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 4.
• The South American herpetofauna: its origin, evolution, and dispersal / William E. Duellman, editor. Lawrence, Kan.: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1979. url p. 289, p. 290, p. 296, p. 463.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 38 1956 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 256, fig. 25, page 373.
• The coccidian parasites (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) of carnivores / Urbana: University of Illinois Press, c1981. url p. 246.
• The ecological impact of man on the south Florida herpetofauna / by Larry David Wilson and Louis Porras. Lawrence: University of Kansas: 1983. url fig. 11, page 37.
• The palatal dentition in squamate reptiles: morphology, development, attachment, and replacement / D. Luke Mahler, Maureen Kearney. 108 2006 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c2006. url table 1 , p. 17, p. 29, p. 7, p. 9.
• Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. 28 1933 [St. Louis: Academy of Science of St. Louis], 1860-1958. url p. 100, p. 104, p. 95, p. 97.
• Variation in clutch and litter size in New World reptiles / by Henry S. Fitch. 1985 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1985. url p. 69, appendix ii, page 72, p. 9.
• West Indian mammals from the Albert Schwartz Collection: biological and historical information / by Robert M. Timm and Hugh H. Genoways. 2003 Lawrence, Kan.: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, [2003] url p. 44.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
• GBIF-Sweden: Herpetology (NRM)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
• Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles: Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum of the North Amphibian and Reptile Collection
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2536012
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-8768
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174028
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARACJ01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 150619

Footnotes

1. Mean = 242.560 meters (795.801 feet), Standard Deviation = 520.370 based on 41 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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