Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Teiidae Bibliography of the genus Medopheos Biodiversity of the family Teiidae Genus Medopheos Ecuadorian Spurred Ameiva Ecuadorianische Spornameiva Ecuadoriansk Sporeameiva 2012 Medopheos Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet (type species: Ameiva edracantha Bocourt 1874) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: The single species of this genus was previously included in Ameiva. This generic taxonomic arrangement was considered unwarranted by Giugliano, Nogueira, Valdujo, Collevatti & Colli (2013). Validity of Medopheos supported by Tucker, Colli, Giugliano, Hedges, Hendry, Lemmon, Lemmon, Sites & Pyron (2016). Distribution: As for the single species. Medopheos edracanthus Ecuadorian Spurred Ameiva Ecuadorianische Spornameiva Ecuadoriansk Sporeameiva 1874 Ameiva edracantha Bocourt Medopheos edracanthus Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 Distribution: Ecuador, Peru.