Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Pigmy Blue-tailed Ameiva, Dwarf teiid, Dwarf Teiid, Pigmy Blue-Tailed Ameiva, Dwarf teiid
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
This species is xerophilic, occurring in Acacia-cactus woods
,
in mesic
areas under cultivation, and in xeric savanna
. This species
has been collected under rocks in savannas, under boulders
, and under
thatch at the edge
of pasturelands (Schwartz and Henderson 1991).
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Ameiva Lineolaia • Ameiva lineolata — Boulenger 1885: 349 • Ameiva lineolata — Hower & Hedges 2003 • Ameiva lineolata — Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 195
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Holotype: MNHN 2644. For illustrations see Hassler, 1930;
Cochran, 1941; Schwartz, 1966.
Subspecies
:
A. lineolata lineolata Duméril & Bibron,
1839
A. lineolata beatensis Noble, 1923
A.
lineolata meracula Schwartz, 1966
A. lineolata perplicata
Schwartz, 1966
A. lineolaia privigna Schwartz,
1966
A. lineolata semota Schwartz, 1966.[1].
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
- A contribution to the zoögeography of the West Indies, with especial reference to amphibians and reptiles / by Thomas Barbour. 44 1914 Cambridge, U.S.A.: Printed for the Museum, 1914. url p. 311.
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. New York, New York Academy of Sciences. url p. 193.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 263, p. 263, p. 266, p. 267, p. 268, p. 269, p. 270, p. 272, p. 305, p. 305, p. 391, p. 391.
- Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Salem, Mass., Essex Institute. url p. 11.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 1974 146 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 118, p. 142, p. 143, p. 371, p. 433, p. 433, p. 435, p. 435, p. 483, p. 485.
- Catalogue of the Specimens of lizards in the collection of the British museum. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1845. url p. 20.
- Catalogue of the lizards in the British museum (Natural history) / London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1885-87. url .
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1971 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 84.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 58, p. 69.
- Proceedings. Salem, Mass.(1856-70) url p. 11.
- 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 p. 29.
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 3 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Powell, R., and Hedges, S.B. 2010. Ameiva lineolata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- 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
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2536039
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-276
- IUCN ID: 190476
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 641102
Footnotes
- Powell, R., and Hedges, S.B. 2010. Ameiva lineolata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
