Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Lizards Teiidae Central America South America Taxonomy of the genus Ameiva Biodiversity of the family Teiidae Bibliography of the genus Ameiva (South American Ameivas) (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Ameiva in general Angeli, N.F. 2018. On ‘lost’ indigenous etymological origins with the specific case of the name Ameiva. ZooKeys 748: 151–159. Barbour, T.; Noble, K. 1915. A revision of the lizards of the genus Ameiva. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 59: 415-479. Beebe, W. 1919. The higher vertebrates of British Guiana with special reference to the fauna of the Bartica district. 9. Lizards of the genus Ameiva. Zoologica (New York) 2: 235-238. Cope, E.D. 1892. On Tiaporus, a new genus of Teiidae. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30: 132-133. Echternacht, A.C. 1970. Taxonomic and ecological notes on some Middle and South American lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae). Breviora 354: 1-9. Echternacht, A.C. 1971. Middle American lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae) with emphasis on geographic variation. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publications 55: 1-86. Echternacht, A.C. 1976. The Ameiva (Sauria, Teiidae) of trans-Andean South America: trends in geographic variation and a new species. (Abstract). Herpetological Review 7(2): 80. Echternacht, A.C. 1983. Ameiva and Cnemidophorus (chisbalas, macroteid lizards). pp. 375-379. In: Janzen, D.H. (ed.). Costa Rican natural history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 816 pp. Harvey, M.B.; Ugueto, G.N.; Gutberlet, R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459: 1-156. Marcgrave, G. 1648. Historiae Naturalis Brasiliae. Lugdun. Batavorum, apud Franciscum Hackium et Amstelodami apud Lud. Johannes de Laet, Elzevierium, 303 pp. Mendoza R., J.S. 2017. Natural history notes: Porthidium lansbergii (Lansberg’s Hognose Viper). Diet and habitat use. Herpetological Review 48(3): 681. Müller, L.; Hellmich, W. 1945. Mitteilungen über die Ameiven Kolombiens. IV. Zoologischer Anzeiger 182(7/8) [1940]: 170-187. Peters, J.A. 1964. The lizard genus Ameiva in Ecuador. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 63: 113-127. Presch, W. 1971. Tongue structure of the teiid lizard genera Ameiva and Cnemidophorus with a reallocation of Ameiva vanzoi. Journal of Herpetology 5: 183-185. Schlüter, U. 2007. Die Ernährung von Ameiven und Warantejus in der Natur und bei Terrarienhaltung. Reptilia (D) 11(62): 56-62. Schlüter, U. 2007. Diet of wild and captive ameivas and monitor Tegus (family Teiidae). Reptilia (GB) 54: 62-67. Smith, H.M.; Laufe, L.E. 1946. A summary of Mexican lizards of the genus Ameiva. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 31(1): 7-73. Ugueto, G.N.; Harvey, M.B. 2011. Revision of Ameiva ameiva Linnaeus (Squamata: Teiidae) in Venezuela: recognition of four species and status of introduced populations in southern Florida, USA. Herpetological Monographs 25: 113-170. Ameiva aggerecusans Koch, C.; Venegas, P.J.; Rödder, D.; Flecks, M.; Böhme, W. 2013. Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924. Zootaxa 3745(2): 263–295. Ameiva ameiva Abrahão-Morato, S.A. 2012. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Common South American Green Lizard). Prey and feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 43(2): 328. Alemán, C. 1952. Apuntes sobre reptiles y anfibios de la region Baruta-El Hatillo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 12(31): 11-30. Anderson, R.A.; Vitt, L.J. 1990. Sexual selection versus alternative causes of sexual dimorphism in teiid lizards. Oecologia (Heidelberg) 84(2): 145-157. Aoki, C.; Piatti, L.; Landgref-Filho, P.; Souza, F.L. de 2011. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(3): 426. Avila, R.W.; Ferreira, V.L. 2006. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 37(1): 82. Blazquez, M.C. 1996. Activity and habitat use in a population of Ameiva ameiva in southeastern Colombia. Biotropica (B) 28(4)(Special Issue): 714-719. Boyden, T.C. 1976. Butterfly palatability and mimicry: experiments with Ameiva lizards. Evolution (Lawrence) 30(1): 73-81. Cabrera, M.R. 2002. New records for Ameiva ameiva (L., 1758) (Squamata, Teiidae) in Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 16(2): 169-170. Cochran, D.M. 1928. The herpetological collections made in Haiti and its adjoining islands by Walter J. Eyerdam. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 41: 53-59. Colli, G.R. 1991. Reproductive ecology of Ameiva ameiva (Sauria, Teiidae) in the cerrado of central Brazil. Copeia 1991(4): 1002-1012. Conners, J.S. 2010. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Diet. Herpetological Review 41(2): 215. Cooper, W.E.; Caldwell, J.P.; Vitt, L.J.; Pérez-Mellado, V.; Baird, T.A. 2002. Food-chemical discrimination and correlated evolution between plant diet and plant-chemical discrimination in lacertiform lizards. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(4): 655-663. Costa, G.C.; Mesquita, D.O.; Colli, G.R. 2008. The effect of pitfall trapping on lizard diets. Herpetological Journal 18(1): 45-48. Costa, H.C.; Silva, E.T. da; Silva Campos, P.; Oliveira, M.P. da C.; Nunes, A.V.; Santos, P. da S. 2010. The corpse bride: a case of Davian behaviour in the Green Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva) in southeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes 3: 79-83. Cruz Neto, A.P.; Gordo, M. 1996. Body temperature and thermoregulatory behaviour of the lizard Ameiva ameiva in central Amazonian forests. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 31(1): 11-16. Cruz, M.E.M. da; Mascena Diniz, M.M. de; Gillett, M.P.T. 1985. Plasma lipid levels and natural diet of the Brazilian teiid lizard, Ameiva ameiva. Ciencia e Cultura (São Paulo) 37(2): 288-291. Dias Ledo, R.M.; Colli, G.R. 2016. Silent death: the New Brazilian Forest Code does not protect lizard assemblages in cerrado riparian forests. South American Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 98–109. Filadelfo, T.; Camandaroba, M.; Hamdan, B.; Pereira-Ramalho, W.; França, D.F. de; Freitas, M.A. de 2011. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(4): 598. Freitas, A.M.; Teixeira, R.L.; Ferreira, R.B. 2012. Food partitioning between the sympatric lizards Tropidurus torquatus and Ameiva ameiva in the Atlantic rainforest, northeastern Brazil. Salamandra 48(2): 63-70. Gaiotti, M.G.; Pinho, J.B. de; Santos, R.C.L. dos 2011. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(3): 425-426. Gasc, J.P.; Lescure, J. 1977. Donnees sur l'herpetocoenose en milieu ouvert dans la foret amazonienne. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Ecologie Generale 35: 35-44. Gogliath, M.; Pereira, L.C.M.; Nicola, P.A.; Ribeiro, L.B. 2012. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Bifurcation. Herpetological Review 43(1): 129. Gogliath, M.; Ribeiro, L.B.; Freire, E.M.X. 2010. Cnemidophorus ocellifer (Spix's Whiptail): predation. Herpetological Bulletin 114: 36-38. Goldi, E.A.; Hagmann, G. 1901. Die Eier von Tropidurus torquatus und Ameiva surinamensis. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere) (Jena) 14: 581-589. Gonzalez-S., L.A.; Prieto, A.S.; Martienz, L.; Velasquez, J. 2006. Nichos troficos de los lagartos, Ameiva ameiva y Plica plica en un bosque humedo tropical del Estado Miranda, Venezuela. Saber 18(2): 117-122. González-S., L.A.; Velásquez, J.; Ferrer, H.; García, J.; Cala, F.; Peñuela, J. 2008. Food habits of the lizard Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sauria: Teiidae) in a tropophic forest of Sucre State, Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 28(2): 53-59. Granzinolli, M.A.M.; Barros, F.M.; Motta-Junior, J.C. 2007. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 38(4): 448-449. Hardin, S.; Anderson, R.; Enge, K.M. 2009. Geographic distribution: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). USA: Florida. Herpetological Review 40(1): 111-112. Henderson, R.W.; Berg, C.S. 2012. Ameiva ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) and Corallus grenadensis (Squamata: Boidae) on Petite Martinique (Grenada Grenadines), West Indies. Herpetology Notes 5: 439-440. Johnson, M.L. 1952. Herpetological notes from northeastern Brazil. Copeia 1952: 283-284. Juca Chagas, R. 1996. Analise morfometrica em generos de macroteiideos (Reptilia, Sauria, Teiidae). Revista Unimar 18(2): 355-367. Juca Chagas, R.; Abe, A.S. 1996. Analise morfometrica em generos de macroteiideos (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Teiidae). pp. 155-164. In: Pefaur, J.E. (ed.). Herpetologia Neotropical. Actas del II Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia. II volumen. Universidad de los Andes, Consejo de Publicaciones, Merida. 451 pp. Laurindo, T.F.S.; Vrcibradic, D.; Alves, M.A.S.; Guimaraes-Chaves, F.; Silva, P.A. da; Carvalho, S.X.M. de 2010. Natural history notes: Philodryas patagoniensis (Parelheira). Feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 41(2): 237-238. Lauvers, W.D.; Koski, D.A.; Mônico, A.T. 2016. Natural history notes: Philodryas olfersii (Cobra-cipó; Lichtenstein's Green Racer). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(4): 687. Lima, A.P.; Suarez, F.I.O.; Higuchi, N. 2001. The effects of selective logging on the lizards Kentropyx calcarata, Ameiva ameiva and Mabuya nigropunctata. Amphibia-Reptilia 22(2): 209-216. Lopes Santos, D.; Vaz-Silva, W. 2012. Predation of Phimophis guerini and Ameiva ameiva by Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Snake: Colubridae). Herpetology Notes 5: 495-496. Maffei, F.; Nascimento, G.R. do; Garrone Neto, D. 2009. Predation on the lizard Ameiva ameiva (Sauria: Teiidae) by a Coral Snake Micrurus frontalis (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Brazil. Herpetology Notes 2: 235-237. Magnusson, W.E. 1987. Reproductive cycles of teiid lizards in Amazonian savanna. Journal of Herpetology 21(4): 307-316. Magnusson, W.E. 1993. Body temperatures of field-active Amazonian savanna lizards. Journal of Herpetology 27(1): 53-58. Magnusson, W.E.; Franke, C.R.; Kasper, L.A. 1986. Factors affecting densities of Cnemidophorus lemniscatus. Copeia 1986(3): 804-807. Magnusson, W.E.; Lima, A.P.; Faria, A.S.; Victoria, R.L.; Martinelli, L.A. 2001. Size and carbon acquisition in lizards from Amazonian savanna: evidence from isotope analysis. Ecology (Washington, D.C.) 82(6): 1772-1780. Magnusson, W.E.; Paiva, L.J. de; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Franke, C.R.; Kasper, L.A.; Lima, A.P. 1985. The correlates of foraging mode in a community of Brazilian lizards. Herpetologica 41(3): 324-332. McConchie, T.; Wilkinson, F.A. 2004. Natural history notes: Boa constrictor (boa constrictor). Kleptoparasitism. Herpetological Review 35(3): 272. McCrystal, H.K.; Behler, J.L. 1982. Husbandry and reproduction of captive giant ameiva lizards Ameiva ameiva at the New York Zoological Park. International Zoo Yearbook 22: 159-163. Melo-H., A.I.; Pino-S., E.P. 2008. Estructura y abundancia poblacional de Ameiva ameiva y Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Sauria: Teiidae) en el sector Nororiental de Emballse el Guájaro, la Peña, Departamento del Atlántico, Colombia. Herpetotropicos 4(1) [2007]: 31-37. Meshaka, W.E.; Epperly, S.P.; Chester, G.E.; Chester, A.J.; Jackson, T.L.; Smith, H.T. 2010. Seasonal and diel activity of the Giant Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva) in a south Florida population. Florida Scientist 73(1): 31-38. Mônico, A.T.; Valadares-Koski, A.P.; Koski, D.A. 2016. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 47(4): 663. Müller, L. 1929. Über einige Rassen der Ameiva ameiva aus Venezuela. Zoologischer Anzeiger 83: 97-112, 193-211. Nino, K.S.; Santos, I.Y.G.S. dos; Santos, E.M. dos 2016. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (South American Common Green Lizard). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(3): 458-459. Novelli, I.A.; Silva, L.P. da; Carvalho, R.G. de; Santos, R.C.; Sousa, B.M. de 2012. Lagartos de áreas de cerrado na Reserva Biológica Unilavras-Boqueirão, Ingaí, Sul de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Biota Neotropica 12(3): 147-153. Pagan, D.N.M.; Gifford, M.E.; Parmerlee, J.S.; Powell, R. 2012. Ecological performance in the actively foraging lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae). Journal of Herpetology 46(2): 253-256. Pereira da Silva, E.A.; Santos, T.D.; Leite, G.N.; Barros Ribeiro, L. 2013. Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) and Leptodactylus cf. fuscus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) as prey of the teiid lizards Salvator merianae and Ameiva ameiva. Herpetology Notes 6: 51-53. Pinho, J.B. de; Gaiotti, M.G.; Nobrega, P.F.A. de 2010. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 41(1): 72. Pires Manata, F.; Nascimento, L.B. 2005. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Calango Verde). Courtship behavior. Herpetological Review 36(1): 62. Punzo, F. 2003. The effects of early experience on subsequent feeding responses in the Tegu, Tupinambis Teguixin (Squamata: Teiidae). Journal of Environmental Biology 24(1): 23-27. Quesnel, V.C. (undated, 1980?). The reproductive behaviour of the lizard, Ameiva ameiva tobagana. Living World 1978-1979: 16-18. Rocha, C.F.D. 2008. Body size, female reproduction and sexual dimorphism in the lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) in a restinga of southeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(2): 370-372. Rodrigues, J.B.; Franca, R.C.; Sampaio, I.L.R.; Franca, F.G.R. 2016. Natural history notes: Pseudoboa nigra (Black False Boa). Foraging behavior. Herpetological Review 47(1): 152-153. Sales, R.F.D.; Ribeiro, L.B.; Almeida, H.W.B.; Freire, E.M.X. 2010. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Saurophagy. Herpetological Review 41(1): 72-73. Sales, R.F.D.; Ribeiro, L.B.; Freire, E.M.X. 2011. Feeding ecology of Ameiva ameiva in a caatinga area of northeastern Brazil. Herpetological Journal 21(3): 199-207. Sales, R.F.D.; Ribeiro, L.B.; Jorge, J.S.; Freire, E.M.X. 2011. Habitat use, daily activity periods, and thermal ecology of Ameiva ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) in a caatinga area of northeastern Brazil. Phyllomedusa 10(2): 165-176. Santos, S.M.A.; Germano, V.J. 1996. 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