Ameiva ameiva

Giant Ameiva

Linnaeus, 1758

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Teiidae

Description

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Distribution

USA (introduced to Florida), Panama, Trinidad, Tobago, Brazil, Colombia, Surinam, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Lesser Antilles: Margarita, Swan I, Isla de la Providencia, St. Vincent, Grenadines, Grenada.

Habitat & Ecology

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Reproduction

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Conservation

Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens reptiles worldwide.

Other Comments

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References

Auth, D.L. 1994 Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Panama, Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service. 98.
Conant,R. & Collins, J.T. (1991) A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin (Boston/New York), xx + 450 p.
Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp.
Savage, J.M. 2002 The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica University of Chicago Press. 934 pp.
Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.

Other Available References from the EMBL REPTILE DATABASE

Avila (1995) Zool. Verh., Leiden 299: 1-706.
Baird etc. (1852) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 6: 125-129.
Barbour etc. (1915) Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard Univ. 59: 417-479.
Boulenger (1894) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 13: 342-348.
Cope (1862) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14 [1862]: 60-82.
Cope (1868) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 96-140.
Cope (1879) Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 18: 261-277.
Dirksen etc. (1999) Graellsia 55: 199-215.
Duellman (1978) Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist, Misc. Publ. (No. 65): 1-352.
Echternacht (1971) Misc. Pub. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas 55: 1-86.
Esqueda etc. (2001) Herpetological Review 32 (3):198-200
Fischer (1879) Verh. naturwiss. Ver. Hamburg 67: 95, 99.
Gorzula & Señaris (1999) Contrib. herpetof. Venezuelan Guayana. I.
Hoogmoed etc. (1991) Zoologische Mededelingen 65: 53-88
Köhler (2000) Rept. Amph. Mittelamerikas, Bd 1.
Krintler (1982) Herpetofauna 4 (16): 10-14.
LINNAEUS (1758) Systema Naturae.
Meier (1983) Herpetofauna 5 (26): 30-34
Markezich (2002) Herp. Rev. 33 (1): 69-74
Müller (1929) Zool. Anz. (Leipzig) 83: 97-112; 193-211.
Müller etc. (1940) Zoologischer Anzeiger 132: 170-182
Peters etc. (1871) Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1871 (August): 397-404
Schwartz & Henderson (1991) Amph. Rept. West Indies.

Reference written by Mark Tway, Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
Page last updated 20 February, 2003
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