Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
July 16th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Ameiva
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South American Ameivas, Jungle Runners, (Racerunners, Whiptails)
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Südamerikanische Ameiven
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Sydamerikanske Ameivaer
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1795 |  |
Ameiua Meyer (type species: Ameiua americana Meyer 1795) |
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Ameiva Bechstein 1800 [emendation of Ameiua Meyer 1795] |
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1828 | |
Cnemidotus Wagler (type species: Lacerta ameiva Linnaeus 1768; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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1833 | |
Pachylobronchus Wagler (type species: Lacerta ameiva Linnaeus 1768; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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1840 | |
Amieva Gray (type species: Amieva trilineata Gray; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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1843 | |
Pholidoscelis Fitzinger (type species: Ameiva major Dumeril & Bibron 1839; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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1892 | |
Tiaporus Cope (type species: Tiaporus fuliginosus Cope 1862; syn. Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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1900 | |
Tejaporus Cope [emendation of Tiaporus Cope 1892] |
Contents:
14 species, of which 9 (64.3%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included the species now assigned to
Holcosus,
Medopheos, and
Pholidoscelis.
This generic taxonomic arrangement was considered unwarranted by Giugliano, Nogueira, Valdujo, Collevatti & Colli (2013),
but supported by Tucker, Colli, Giugliano, Hedges, Hendry, Lemmon, Lemmon, Sites & Pyron (2016).
Distribution:
S. Central America, South America, SE. West Indies.
Reported from:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Distrito Federal,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Parana,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia
(incl.
Providencia),
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Grenada,
Guyana,
Honduras,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(incl.
Union Island,
Saint Vincent),
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela
(incl.
Los Frailes,
Margarita).
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Ameiva aggerecusans
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Chachapoyas Ameiva
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Chachapoyas-Ameive
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Chachapoyas-ameiva
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2013 | |
Ameiva aggerecusans Koch, Venegas, Rödder, Flecks & Böhme |
Distribution:
Peru.
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Ameiva ameiva
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Giant Ameiva, Jungle Runner, South American Ground Lizard, Amazon Racerunner, Neotropical Ameiva
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Grüne Ameive
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Sydamerikansk Kæmpeameiva, Almindelig Ameiva
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1758 | |
Lacerta ameiva Linnaeus |
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Ameiva ameiva Cockerell 1893 |
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1768 | |
Seps surinamensis Laurenti (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1768 | |
Seps zeylanicus Laurenti (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1795 | |
Ameiua americana Meyer (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1802 | |
Lacerta graphica Daudin (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1802 | |
Lacerta litterata Daudin (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1823 | |
Ameiva vulgaris Lichtenstein [substitute name for Lacerta ameiva Linnaeus 1758] (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1825 | |
Teius tritaeniatus Spix (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1825 | |
Tejus lateristriga Spix (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1825 | |
Tejus tritaeniatus Spix (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1838 | |
Ameiva maculata Gray (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1845 | |
Ameiva guttata Gray (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1862 | |
Ameiva laeta Cope (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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Ameiva ameiva laeta Barbour & Noble 1915 |
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1862 | |
Lacerta tristriata Cope [lapsus for Tejus tritaeniatus Spix 1825] (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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1868 | |
Ameiva petersii Cope (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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Ameiva ameiva petersi Barbour & Noble 1915 |
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1871 | |
Ameiva bifrontata Peters [not Ameiva bifrontata Cope 1862] (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1871 | |
Ameiva pleurotaenia Peters [substitute name for Ameiva bifrontata Peters 1871] (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1876 | |
Cnemidophorus armatulus Cope (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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1879 | |
Amiva surinamensis tobaganus Cope (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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Ameiva ameiva tobagana Underwood 1962 |
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1910 | |
Cnemidophorus roeschmanni Werner (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1915 | |
Ameiva ameiva bilineata Barbour & Noble (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
Other common names:
petersi: Amazon Jungle Runner
Remarks:
Previously included aquilina, atrigularis, fuliginosa, praesignis, and populations now assigned to pantherina (Ugueto & Harvey 2011).
In spite of its name, the subspecies tobagana does not occur on Tobago (Tuck & Hardy 1973).
Records from Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina are erroneous (Costa & Bérnils 2018).
Introduced to:
Barbados,
USA
(Florida).
Distribution:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Distrito Federal,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Parana,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Sao Paulo,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Honduras,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Surinam,
Venezuela.
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Ameiva ameiva
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Ameiva aquilina
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Grenada Bank Ameiva, (Garman's Ground Lizard)
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Grenada-Ameive
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Grenada-ameiva
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1888 | |
Ameiva aquilina Garman |
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Ameiva ameiva aquilina Ugueto & Harvey 2011 |
Remarks:
Regarded as a synonym of A. ameiva tobagana by Schwartz & Henderson (1988).
Ugueto & Harvey (2011) suggested that aquilina might represent a separate species.
This was followed by Henderson & Powell (2018) who revalidated it as such, which is followed herein, pending confirmation from future studies.
Distribution:
Grenada
(incl.
Grenada Island),
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
(incl.
Saint Vincent).
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Ameiva atrigularis
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Black-throated Ameiva
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Schwarzkehl-Ameive
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Sortstrubet Ameiva
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1887 | |
Ameiva surinamensis var. atrigularis Garman |
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Ameiva atrigularis Barbour & Noble 1915 |
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1915 | |
Ameiva ameiva melanocephala Barbour & Noble (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of ameiva (e.g., Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970). Revalidated by Ugueto & Harvey (2011). The
Ameiva population in Tobago is here tentatively assigned to atrigularis, pending confirmation.
Distribution:
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela
(incl.
Isla Margarita).
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Ameiva bifrontata
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Red-snouted Ameiva, (Cope's Ameiva)
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Rotschnauzen-Ameive
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Rødsnudet Ameiva
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1862 | |
Ameiva bifrontata Cope |
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1879 | |
Cnemidophorus divisus Fischer (Ruthven 1924) |
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Ameiva bifrontata divisa Ruthven 1924 |
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1924 | |
Ameiva insulana Ruthven (Ruthven 1924) |
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Ameiva bifrontata insulana Ruthven 1924 |
Remarks:
Previously included concolor.
Introduced to:
Aruba.
Distribution:
Colombia,
Venezuela
(incl.
Los Frailes,
Isla Margarita).
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Ameiva concolor
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Peruvian Ameiva
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Peruvianische Ameive
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Peruviansk Ameiva
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1924 | |
Ameiva bifrontata concolor Ruthven |
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Ameiva concolor Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 |
Distribution:
Peru.
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Ameiva fuliginosa
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Providencia Ameiva
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Providencia-Ameive
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Providencia-ameiva
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1862 | |
Tiaporus fuliginosus Cope |
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Ameiva ameiva fuliginosa Dunn & Saxe 1950 |
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Ameiva fuliginosa McCranie & Gotte 2015 |
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1921 | |
Ameiva panchlora Barbour (McCranie & Gotte 2015) |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by McCranie & Gotte (2015). These authors also confirmed the type locality of fuliginosa to be Islas del Cisne [Honduras], although some had suggested that this might have been based on a locality error (e.g., Schwartz & Henderson 1988). Now extirpated in Islas del Cisne, restricting the species to Providencia (McCranie & Gotte 2015).
Extinct in:
Honduras
(Islas del Cisne:
Isla Grande).
Distribution:
Colombia
(Providencia).
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Ameiva jacuba
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Jacuba River Ameiva
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Jacuba-Ameive
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Jacuba-ameiva
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2013 | |
Ameiva jacuba Giugliano, Nogueira, Valdujo, Collevatti & Colli |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Goias).
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Ameiva nodam
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Jaén Ameiva
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Jaén-Ameive
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Jaén-ameiva
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2013 | |
Ameiva nodam Koch, Venegas, Rödder, Flecks & Böhme |
Distribution:
Peru.
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Ameiva pantherina
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Panther Ameiva
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Panther-Ameive
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Panter-ameiva
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2011 | |
Ameiva pantherina Ugueto & Harvey |
Distribution:
Venezuela.
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Ameiva parecis
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Rondonian Ameiva
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Rondonia-Ameive
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Rondonia-ameiva
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2003 | |
Cnemidophorus parecis Colli, Costa, Garda, Kopp, Mesquita, Peres, Valdujo, Vieira & Wiederhecker |
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Ameiva parecis Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet 2012 |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Mato Grosso,
Rondonia).
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Ameiva praesignis
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Borriguerro Ameiva
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Borriguerro-Ameive
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Borriguerro-ameiva
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1852 | |
Cnemidophorus praesignis Baird & Girard |
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Ameiva praesignis Baird & Girard 1852 |
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Ameiva ameiva praesignis Barbour & Noble 1915 |
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1879 | |
Cnemidophorus maculatus Fischer [not Ameiva maculata Gray 1838] (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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Ameiva ameiva maculata Barbour & Noble 1915 |
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1929 | |
Ameiva ameiva vogli Müller (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1940 | |
Ameiva ameiva ornata Müller & Hellmich (Ugueto & Harvey 2011) |
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1970 | |
Ameiva ameiva fischeri Peters & Donoso-Barros [substitute name for Cnemidophorus maculata Fischer 1879] |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of ameiva (e.g., Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970).
Introduced to:
USA
(Florida).
Distribution:
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Panama,
Venezuela.
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Ameiva provitaae
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Mérida Ameiva
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Mérida-Ameive
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Mérida-ameiva
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1995 | |
Ameiva provitaae Garcia-Perez |
Remarks:
Status uncertain, possibly a synonym of bifrontata (Rivas, Molina, Ugueto, Barros, Barrio-Amorós & Kok 2012).
Distribution:
Venezuela.
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Ameiva reticulata
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Reticulated Ameiva
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Netz-Ameive
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Net-ameiva
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2015 | |
Ameiva reticulata Landauro, García-Bravo & Venegas |
Distribution:
Peru.
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