Pholidoscelis major

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 major

Name

• Pholidoscelis major (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Lectotype: MNHN-RA-0.1491. [designated by Baskin & Williams (1966)]

Type locality: “Cayenne” (probably in error) and “Trinité”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Trinité” by Baskin & Williams (1966).

Combinations

• Ameiva major Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 117 [original combination]
• Pholidoscelis major — Goicoechea et al., 2016: 671 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. VIII + 854 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• 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 major. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 November 2018.
• Dewynter, M. & Powell, R. 2017. IUCN: Pholidoscelis major  (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T1120A121642128. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T1120A121642128.en

Vernacular names

English: Martinique Ameiva