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Genus of lizards
Pholidoscelis is a
genus of
lizards that belongs to the
family
Teiidae. All species are
endemic to the
West Indies.
Listed alphabetically.
[1]
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Pholidoscelis alboguttatus (
Boulenger, 1896) – Mona ground lizard, Mona ameiva
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Pholidoscelis atratus (
Garman, 1887) – Redonda ameiva
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Pholidoscelis auberi (
Cocteau, 1838) – Auber's ameiva, Cuban ameiva
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Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus (
Cope, 1868) – common ameiva, Hispaniolan giant ameiva
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Pholidoscelis cineraceus (
Barbour &
Noble, 1915) – Guadeloupe ameiva (
extinct)
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Pholidoscelis corax (
Censky &
Paulson, 1992) – Censky's ameiva, Anguilla black ameiva, Little Scrub Island ground lizard
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Pholidoscelis corvinus (Cope, 1861) – Sombrero ameiva
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Pholidoscelis desechensis (
Heatwole &
Torres, 1967) – Desecheo ground lizard
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Pholidoscelis dorsalis (
Gray, 1838) – Jamaica ameiva
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Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus (
Daudin, 1802) – St. Christopher ameiva
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Pholidoscelis exsul (Cope, 1862) – common Puerto Rican ameiva
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Pholidoscelis fuscatus (Garman, 1887) – Dominican ameiva
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Pholidoscelis griswoldi (Barbour, 1916) – Antiguan ameiva, Griswold's ameiva
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Pholidoscelis lineolatus (
A.M.C. Duméril &
Bibron, 1839) – Pigmy blue-tailed ameiva, dwarf teiid
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Pholidoscelis major (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Martinique ameiva, Martinique giant ameiva
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Pholidoscelis maynardi (Garman, 1888) – Great Inagua ameiva
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Pholidoscelis plei (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Anguilla Bank ameiva
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Pholidoscelis pluvianotatus (Garman, 1887) – Montserrat ameiva
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Pholidoscelis polops (Cope, 1862) – St. Croix ameiva, St. Croix ground lizard
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Pholidoscelis taeniurus (Cope, 1862) – Hispaniolan blue-tailed ameiva, Haitian ameiva
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Pholidoscelis wetmorei (
Stejneger, 1913) – Puerto Rican blue-tailed ameiva, Wetmore's ameiva
Nota bene: A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pholidiscelis.