Holcosus niceforoi

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Holcosus
Species: Holcosus niceforoi

Holotype: ANSP 24300, collected by H. Niceforo.

Type locality: “Sasaima, in the eastern Andes, 75 km northwest of Bogotá, [Colombia,] altitude 1200 meters”.

Ameiva festiva niceforoi Dunn, 1943: 1 [original combination, as subspecies]
Ameiva niceforoi — Echternacht, 1970 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
Holcosus niceforoi — Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet Jr., 2012: 118 [subsequent combination]

Dunn, E.R. 1943. A new race of Ameiva festiva from Colombia. Notulae Naturae 126: 1–2.
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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Holcosus niceforoi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 November 2018.
Ines Hladki, A., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J. & Urbina, N. 2015. IUCN: Holcosus niceforoi (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44579579A115389086. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44579579A44579582.en

English: Niceforo's Ameiva