Ameiva parecis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

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

Name

Ameiva parecis (Colli, Costa, Garda, Kopp, Mesquita, Péres, Valdujo, Vieira & Wiederhecker, 2003)

• Holotype: CHUNB 09811, adult ♂, collected by Guarino R. Colli and students on 5 November 1998.
• Type locality: “Fazenda Cachoeira (12°32’07”S, 60°25’36”W), 50 km NW of Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil, elevation about 612 m”.

Combinations

• Cnemidophorus parecis Colli, Costa, Garda, Kopp, Mesquita, Peres, Valdujo, Vieira & Wiederhecker, 2003: 78 [original combination]
• Ameiva parecis — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012: 72 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Colli, G.R., Costa, G.C., Garda, A.A., Kopp, K.A., Mesquita. D.O., Péres Jr., A.K., Valdujo, P.H., Vieira, G.H.C. & Wiederhecker, H. 2003. A critically endangered new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata, Teiidae) from a Cerrado enclave in southwestern Amazonia, Brazil. Herpetologica 59(1): 76–88. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0076:ACENSO]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Harvey, M.B., Ugueto, G.N. & Gutberlet, Jr., R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459(1): 1–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Silveira, A.L., Nogueira, C. de C., Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., Colli, G.R., Silva, J.R.S., Viñas, L.V., Ribeiro Júnior, M.A., Hoogmoed, M.S., Tinôco, M.S., Almeida-Santos, P., Valadão, R., de Oliveira, R.B., Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Ferreira, V.L. & de Menezes, V.A. 2021. IUCN: Ameiva parecis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T50009912A154323568. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T50009912A154323568.en. Accessed on 10 February 2026.