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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyTeiidae
  5. ›genusPholidoscelis
Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Common Ameiva

Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus (Cope, 1868)

Also calledAmeiva-da-ilha-de-são-domingos (por) · Ameiva-de-hispaniola (por) · Haiti-Ameive (deu) · Hispaniolansk Kæmpeameiva (dan) · Lagartija Corredora Gigante (spa) · Rana (spa) · Гаитийская амейва (rus) · Доминиканская амейва (rus)

First described in: Cope, E. D. An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other species.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 10871787.