Pholidoscelis wetmorei

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

Holotype: USNM 49731, collected by Alexander Wetmore on 20 May 1912.

Type locality: “Guanica, Puerto Rico, Above Rio Loco”.

Ameiva wetmorei Stejneger, 1913: 70 [original combination]
Pholidoscelis wetmorei — Goicoechea et al., 2016: 671 [subsequent combination]

Stejneger, L.H. 1913. A new lizard from Porto Rico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 26: 69–71. BHL
Goicoechea, N., Frost, D.R., De la Riva, I.J., Pellegrino, K.C.M., Sites Jr., J.W., Rodrigues, M.T. & Padial, J.M. 2016. Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment. Cladistics 32(6): 624–671. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12150 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pholidoscelis wetmorei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 November 2018.
Joglar, R., Rodriguez, C. & Angeli, N. 2017. IUCN: Pholidoscelis wetmorei (Vulnerable) (amended version of 2017 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T50009293A121643821. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50009293A121643821.en

English: Puerto Rican Blue-tailed Ameiva