Ameiva fuliginosa

Ameiva fuliginosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnophthalmoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Ameiva
Species: Ameiva fuliginosa

Name

Ameiva fuliginosa (Cope, 1892)

• Lectotype: USNM 14710, collected by C.H. Townsend in 1887. [designated by McCranie & Gotte (2015: 546)]
• Type locality: “Swan Island in the Caribbean Sea”.
• Paralectotypes: (n=3): USNM 32119–32120 and MCZ R-20294 (formerly USNM 32118), same data as for the lectotype.

Combinations

• Tiaporus fuliginosus Cope, 1892: 133 [original combination]
• Ameiva fuliginosa — Burt & Burt, 1931: 303 [subsequent combination]
• Ameiva ameiva fuliginosa — Dunn & Saxe, 1950: 155 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Ameiva fuliginosa — McCranie & Gotte, 2015: 546 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Synonyms

• Ameiva panchlora Barbour, 1921: 83 [synonymised by Dunn & Saxe (1950: 156)]
  • Holotype: USNM 13879, collected by C.H. Townsend (Albatross Expedition) in 1884.
  • Type locality: “Old Providence Island, Colombia”.
  • Paratypes (n=2): MCZ R-14293 (formerly USNM 63397) and USNM 63398, same data as for the holotype.

Native distribution areas

• Colombia: Providence Island.
• Honduras: Swan Island (Extinct).

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1892. On Tiaporus, a new genus of Teiidae. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30: 132–133.
• Barbour, T. 1921. Some Reptiles from Old Providence Island. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 7: 81–85. BHL Reference page. 
• Burt, C.E. & Burt, M.D. 1931. South American lizards in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 61(7): 227–395. hdl: 2246/1043
• Dunn, E.R. & Saxe, L.H. 1950. Results of the Catherwood-Chaplin West Indies Expedition, 1948. Part. 5. Amphibians and reptiles of San Andrés and Providencia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 102: 141–165. JSTOR Reference page. 
• McCranie, J.R. & Gotte, S.W. 2014. An investigation into the Swan Island Honduras collecting event of Tiaporus fuliginosus Cope (Reptilia: Teiidae) and its systematic status. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 127 (4): 543–556. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-127.4.543 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ameiva fuliginosa. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Providencia Ameiva

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