Taxonomy Profile: Ameiva (Meyer 1795)

Ameiva: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Ground Lizards []
Ameivas []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Ameiva: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Autarchoglossa
Family : Teiidae
Ground Lizards |
New World Runners |
Racerunners |
Whiptails |
Ameivas |
Tegus |
Genus : Ameiva
Ground Lizards |
Ameivas |
Ameiva Direct Children(s):
Ameiva ameiva
(Linnaeus 1758)
Ameiva bifrontata
(Cope 1862)
Ameiva parecis
(Colli Costa Garda Kopp Mesquita Péres Valdujo Vieira and Wiederhecker 2003)
Ameiva provitaae
(García-Pérez 1995)
Ameiva atrigularis
(Garman 1887)
Ameiva praesignis
(Baird and Girard 1852)
Ameiva pantherina
(Ugueto and Harvey 2011)
Ameiva jacuba
(Giugliano Nogueira Valdujo Collevatti and Colli 2013)
Ameiva nodam
(Koch Venegas Rödder Flecks and Böhme 2013)
Ameiva aggerecusans
(Koch Venegas Rödder Flecks and Böhme 2013)
Ameiva concolor
(Ruthven 1924)
Ameiva fuliginosa
(Cope 1892)
Ameiva tobagana
(Cope 1879)
Ameiva reticulata
(Landauro García-Bravo and Venegas 2015)
Ameiva: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Ameiva
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Ameiva
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Ameiva
Source:
Reptile Database (Nov 2021)
Acquired:
2021-12-12
Notes:
Uetz, P., Freed, P, Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2021) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 12 Dec 2021
Reference for:
Ameiva
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ameiva
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ameiva
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Harvey, Michael B., Gabriel N. Ugueto, and Ronald L. Gutberlet, Jr.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2012-09-07 / 2012-09-07
Article/Chapter Title:
Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zootaxa, vol. 3459
Page(s):
1-156
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1175-5326
Notes:
Reference for:
Ameiva
Ameiva: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Ameiva: Comments