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Holcosus (Northwestern Ameivas)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae)

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Holcosus in general

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.

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. 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.

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.

Stuart, L.C. 1942. Comments on the undulate group of Ameiva (Sauria). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 55: 143-149.

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.

Holcosus amphigrammus

Axtell, R.W. 1958. A northward range extension for the lizard Anelytropsis papillosis, with notes on the distribution and habits of several other Mexican lizards. Herpetologica 14: 189-191.

Meza-Lázaro, R.N.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2015. Long forsaken species diversity in the Middle American lizard Holcosus undulatus (Teiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 189-210.

Pérez-Higareda, G. 1981. Sceloporus and Eumeces in the diet of Ameiva undulata amphigramma. (Lacertilia: Teiidae). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 17(2): 78-79.

Smith, P.W.; Burger, W.L. 1950. Herpetological results of the University of Illinois Field Expedition, Spring 1949. III. Sauria. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 53: 165-175.

Holcosus anomalus

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. 1977. A new species of lizard of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae) from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia. Copeia 1977(1): 1-7.

Holcosus festivus

Abarca, J.G.; Knapp, C.R. 2010. Natural history notes: Ameiva festiva (Central American Whiptail Lizard). Cannibalism. Herpetological Review 41(4): 490.

Berkum, F.H. van; Huey, R.B.; Adams, B.A. 1986. Physiological consequences of thermoregulation in a tropical lizard (Ameiva festiva). Physiological Zoology 59(4): 464-472.

Blair, K.B.; Killebrew, F.C.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D. 1997. Mexican amphibians and reptiles in the West Texas A & M University Natural History Museum. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 32(8): 174-177.

Dehling, D.M. 2009. Natural history notes: Mastigodryas melanolomus (NCN). Prey. Herpetological Review 40(3): 357.

Dunn, E.R. 1943. A new race of Ameiva festiva from Colombia. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) 126: 1-2.

Echternacht, A.C. 1974. Taxonomic notes on and redescriptions of two lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae). Herpetologica 30(3): 244-248.

Goldberg, S.R. 2009. Reproductive cycles of three Ameiva species, Ameiva festiva, Ameiva quadrilineata, and Ameiva undulata (Squamata: Teiidae) from Central America. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 45(1): 7-13.

Hillman, P.E. 1969. Habitat specificity in three sympatric species of Ameiva. Ecology 50: 476-481.

Hirth, H.F. 1965. Temperature preferences of five species of neotropical lizards. Herpetologica 20: 273-276.

Lattanzio, M.S. 2014. Temporal and ontogenetic variation in the escape response of Ameiva festiva (Squamata: Teiidae). Phyllomedusa 13(1): 17-27.

Lewis, T.R.; Grant, P.B.C. 2007. On the diet of Rhadinaea decorata (Gunther, 1858). Herpetozoa 20(1-2): 91.

Marín-Martínez, M.; Rojas-Morales, J.A.; Díaz-Ayala, R.F. 2017. A Middle American Ameiva, Holcosus festivus (Teiidae), as prey of the Banded Calico Snake, Oxyrhopus petolarius (Dipsadidae). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 24(1): 55–57.

Morgan, K.R. 1988. Body temperature, energy metabolism, and stamina in two Neotropical forest lizards (Ameiva, Teiidae). Journal of Herpetology 22(2): 236-241.

Norris, J.L.; Burtt, E.H. 1998. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake or Bejucillo). Feeding. Herpetological Review 29(4): 243.

Smith, R.E. 1968. Studies on reproduction in Costa Rican Ameiva festiva and Ameiva quadrilineata (Sauria Teiidae). Copeia 1968: 236-239.

Spiller, D.A.; Schoener, T.W. 1988. An experimental study of the effect of lizards on web-spider communities. Ecological Monographs 58(2): 57-77.

Spiller, D.A.; Schoener, T.W. 1994. Effects of top and intermediate predators in a terrestrial food web. Ecology (Tempe) 75(1): 182-196.

Sweirk, L.; Drobniak, S. 2018. Natural history notes: Ameiva festiva (=Holcosus festivus) (Central American Whiptail Lizard). Juvenile coloration. Herpetological Review 49(3): 534-535.

Toral-C., E. 2004. Natural history notes: Ameiva festiva (Central American Racerunner). Predation. Herpetological Review 35(3): 266.

Vitt, L.J.; Zani, P.A. 1996. Ecology of the lizard Ameiva festiva (Teiidae) in southeastern Nicaragua. Journal of Herpetology 30(1): 110-117.

Holcosus gaigeae

Dundee, H.A.; White, D.A.; Rico-Gray, V. 1986. Observations on the distribution and biology of some Yucatan Peninsula amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 22(2): 37-50.

Meza-Lázaro, R.N.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2015. Long forsaken species diversity in the Middle American lizard Holcosus undulatus (Teiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 189-210.

Neill, W.T. 1965. New and noteworthy amphibians and reptiles from British Honduras. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences 9: 77-130.

Holcosus hartwegi

Meza-Lázaro, R.N.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2015. Long forsaken species diversity in the Middle American lizard Holcosus undulatus (Teiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 189-210.

Neill, W.T. 1965. New and noteworthy amphibians and reptiles from British Honduras. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences 9: 77-130.

Smith, H.M. 1940. Descriptions of new lizards and snakes from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 53: 55-64.

Holcosus leptophrys

Echternacht, A.C. 1974. Taxonomic notes on and redescriptions of two lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae). Herpetologica 30(3): 244-248.

Flores, E.E.; Bravo, V.; Rios, A. 2014. Geographic distribution: Holcosus leptophrys (Delicate Ameiva). Herpetological Review 45(2): 282-283.

Goldberg, S.R. 2010. Notes on reproduction of the delicate ameiva, Ameiva leptophrys (Squamata: Teiidae) from Costa Rica. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 45(4): 62-63.

Hillman, P.E. 1969. Habitat specificity in three sympatric species of Ameiva. Ecology 50: 476-481.

Morgan, K.R. 1988. Body temperature, energy metabolism, and stamina in two Neotropical forest lizards (Ameiva, Teiidae). Journal of Herpetology 22(2): 236-241.

Holcosus miadis

Holcosus parvus

Brongersma, L.D. 1954. On some lizards from the Republic of El Salvador. Proceedings Acad. Sci. Amst. 57C(2): 165-174.

Meza-Lázaro, R.N.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2015. Long forsaken species diversity in the Middle American lizard Holcosus undulatus (Teiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 189-210.

Holcosus pulcher

Holcosus quadrilineatus

Flores, E.F.; Gracia, V. de; Rodriguez, S.; Pinilla, G. 2016. Geographic distribution: Holcosus quadrilineatus (Four-lined Ameiva). Herpetological Review 47(2): 258.

Goldberg, S.R. 2009. Reproductive cycles of three Ameiva species, Ameiva festiva, Ameiva quadrilineata, and Ameiva undulata (Squamata: Teiidae) from Central America. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 45(1): 7-13.

Hillman, P.E. 1969. Habitat specificity in three sympatric species of Ameiva. Ecology 50: 476-481.

Hillman, P.E.; Pough, F.H. 1976. Salt excretion in a beach lizard (Ameiva quadrilineata, Teiidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology 109(2): 169-175.

Hirth, H.F. 1963. The ecology of two lizards on a tropical beach. Ecological Monographs 33: 83-112.

Hirth, H.F. 1965. Temperature preferences of five species of neotropical lizards. Herpetologica 20: 273-276.

Minton, S.A.; Smith, H.M. 1960. A new subspecies of Coniophanes fissidens and notes on Central American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetologica 16: 103-111.

Smith, R.E. 1968. Studies on reproduction in Costa Rican Ameiva festiva and Ameiva quadrilineata (Sauria Teiidae). Copeia 1968: 236-239.

Holcosus sinister

Holcosus stuarti

Meza-Lázaro, R.N.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2015. Long forsaken species diversity in the Middle American lizard Holcosus undulatus (Teiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 189-210.

Smith, H.M. 1940. Descriptions of new lizards and snakes from Mexico and Guatemala. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 53: 55-64.

Holcosus thomasi

Holcosus undulatus

Cooper, W.E. 1990. Prey odor detection by teiid and lacertid lizards and the relationship of prey odor detection to foraging mode in lizard families. Copeia 1990(1): 237-242.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1961. Reptiles (exclusive of snakes) of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 74: 37-56.

Goldberg, S.R. 2009. Reproductive cycles of three Ameiva species, Ameiva festiva, Ameiva quadrilineata, and Ameiva undulata (Squamata: Teiidae) from Central America. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 45(1): 7-13.

Gray, R.; Strine, C.T. 2017. Herpetofaunal assemblages of a lowland broadleaf forest, an overgrown orchard forest and a lime orchard in Stann Creek, Belize. ZooKeys 707: 131–156.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Ballinger, R.E.; Javelly-Gurria, J.M. 1993. Observations on the sensitivity to high temperatures in two lizard species (Ameiva undulata and Sceloporus horridus) from Zacatepec, Morelos, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 29(1): 24-29.

Macip-Rios, R.; López-Alcaide, S.; Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2013. [Abundance, habitat, microhabitat use, and time of activity of Ameiva undulata (Squamata: Teidae) in a fragmented landscape in the Chiapas Soconusco]. (In Spanish). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84(2): 622-629.

Madrid, C.; Cifuentes, P. 2012. Diet and mortality of the snake Conophis vittatus in Western Mexico. Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 23(2): 34-36.

Mata-Silva, V.; Ramírez-Bautista, A.; Johnson, J.D. 2010. Geographic distribution: Ameiva undulata (Rainbow Ameiva). Herpetological Review 41(4): 511.

Meza-Lázaro, R.N.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. 2015. Long forsaken species diversity in the Middle American lizard Holcosus undulatus (Teiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 189-210.

Padilla Garcia, U.; Mendoza-Quijano, F. 1996. Geographic distribution: Ameiva undulata (Rainbow Ameiva). Herpetological Review 27(4): 210.

Penner, J.E. 1972. An unusual specimen of Ameiva undulata (Sauria: Teiidae) from Yucatan, Mexico. Herpetological Review 4(6): 202.

Pianka, E.R.; Smith, H.M. 1959. Distributional records for certain Mexican and Guatemalan reptiles. Herpetologica 15: 119-120.

Reyes-Velasco, J. 2009. Natural history notes: Porthidium hespere (Western Hognose Pitviper). Diet. Herpetological Review 40(1): 101.

Schlüter, U. 2002. Ameiva undulata (Wiegmann, 1834). Reptilia (D) 7(33): 51-54.

Smith, R.H.; Lopez, C.; Barão-Nóbrega, J.A.L. 2018. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vinesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 49(4): 759-760.

Sunyer, J.; Nicholson, K.E.; Phillips, J.G.; Gubler, J.A.; Obando, L.A. 2013. Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) of the Corn Islands, Caribbean Nicaragua. Check List 9(6): 1383-1390.

Wilson, L.D. 1979. New departmental records for reptiles and amphibians from Honduras. Herpetological Review 10(1): 25.