Pholidoscelis umbratilis

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: Pholidoscelis
Species: Pholidoscelis umbratilis

Name

• Pholidoscelis umbratilis (Schwartz & Klinikowski, 1966)

Holotype: MCZ 77231, subadult ♀, collected by natives on 25 July 1963.

Type locality: “Barahona, Barahona Province, Republica Dominicana”.

Combinations

• Ameiva chrysolaema umbratilis Schwartz & Klinikowksi, 1966: 437 [original combination]
• Pholidoscelis umbratilis — Goicoechea et al., 2016: 671 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Schwartz, A. & Klinikowski, R.F. 1966. The Ameiva (Lacertilia: Teiidae) of Hispaniola. II. Geographic variation in Ameiva chrysolaema Cope. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 133: 425–487. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pholidoscelis umbratilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Shady Ameiva