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Lizards (Sauria)    Genera Ameiva South American Ameivas Ameivula Eastern South American Whiptails Aspidoscelis Northern Whiptails Aurivela Argentinian Whiptails Callopistes Monitor Tejus Cnemidophorus Southern Whiptails Contomastix Short-tailed Whiptails Crocodilurus Crocodile Teju Dicrodon Desert Tejus Dracaena Caiman Lizards Glaucomastix Blue-tailed Whiptails Holcosus Northwestern Ameivas Kentropyx Spurred Whiptails Medopheos Ecuadorian Spurred Ameiva Pholidoscelis Caribbean Ameivas Salvator Southern Tejus Teius Typical Tejus Tupinambis Northern Tejus

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: May 12th, 2024. Biodiversity of the family Teiidae Bibliography of the family Teiidae Teiidae Greater Tejus Schienenechsen     Stortejuer Contents: Endemicity: 18 genera of which 2 (11.1%) are endemic   0% 100% 179 species of which 108 (60.3%) are endemic   0% 100% In addition to this, 2 species have been described based on laboratory hybridizations (see Aspidoscelis neavesi and A. priscillae. Remarks: Previously included the subfamily Gymnophthalminae, now the family Gymnophthalmidae. Presch (1973) divided the family Teiidae (in the traditional sense) into two separate families, Teiidae (in the strict sense, comprising the genera Ameiva, Aspidoscelis (revalidated subsequently), Callopistes, Cnemidophorus, Crocodilurus, Dicrodon, Dracaena, Kentropyx, Teius, Tupinambis) and Gymnophthalmidae (comprising the remaining genera). Distribution:  North America, Central America, South America, West Indies. Reported from: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela.