Ameivula confusioniba

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 Cladus: 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: Ameivula
Species: Ameivula confusioniba

Name

Ameivula confusioniba (Arias, Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)

• Holotype: MZUSP 100193 (field number MRT 4629), adult ♂, collected by Hussam Zaher, Miguel T. Rodrigues and Felipe Curcio on 7 October 2000.
• Type locality: “Toca da Cabocla (8°5528" S, 43°2658" W), Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões, Caracol municipality, state of Piauí, Brazil, elevation 450 m”.
• Paratypes: MZUSP 100187, 100188, 100190, 100191 (field numbers respectively MRT 4547,4548, 4565, 4572), Canto Verde (8 5025" S, 43 2350" W), collected by Hussam Zaher, Miguel T. Rodrigues and Felipe Curcio, from 28–30 september 2000; MZUSP 100189, 100203 (field MRT 4559, 4925), Morrinhos (8 5738" S, 43 2650" W), collected by Hussam Zaher, Miguel T. Rodrigues and Felipe Curcio, from 29.ix–1.x.2010; MZUSP 100192, 100194, 100195, 100198, 100202, 100204, 1000205 (field MRT 4587, 4635,4636, 4700, 4919,4940, 4948), Toca da Cabocla (8 5528" S, 43 2658" W), collected by Hussam Zaher, Miguel T. Rodrigues and Felipe Curcio from 30.ix-8-x.2000; MZUSP 100196, 100197, 100199, 100201, Ôlho D’Água da Santa (9 1310" S, 43 2927" W), collected by Hussam Zaher, Miguel T. Rodrigues, and Felipe Curcio from 4–6 october 2000; MZUSP 100200 (field 4919), Lagoa do Jac (8 4037" S, 43 2909" W), collected by Hussam Zaher, Miguel T. Rodrigues and Felipe Curcio on 5 october 2000 . All localities from Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões, Caracol Municipality, state of Piauí, Brazil.

Combinations

• Cnemidophorus confusionibus Arias, Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011: 40 [original combination]
• Ameivula confusioniba — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012: 93 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Arias, F.J., Carvalho, C.M., Rodrigues, M.T. & Zaher, H. 2011. Two new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) from the Caatinga, Northwest Brazil. Zootaxa 2787(1): 37–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2787.1.3 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

• Colli, G.R., Fenker, J., Tedeschi, L., Bataus, Y.S.L., Uhlig, V.M., Lima, A., Nogueira, C. de C., Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Winck, G., 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. 2019. IUCN: Ameivula confusioniba  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T50010148A135333513. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T50010148A135333513.pt. Accessed on 10 December 2025.