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South American Ameivas
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South American Ameivas

Ameiva

Ameiva, commonly called jungle-runners, is a genus of whiptail lizards that belongs to the family Teiidae.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Giant Ameiva

speciesAmeiva ameiva

Dusky Giant Ameiva

speciesAmeiva praesignis

Trinidad Ameiva

speciesAmeiva atrigularis

Cope's Ameiva

speciesAmeiva bifrontata

Grenadine Ameiva

speciesAmeiva tobagana

Ameiva fuliginosa

speciesAmeiva fuliginosa

Chachapoyas Ameiva

speciesAmeiva aggerecusans

Ameiva nodam

speciesAmeiva nodam

Ameiva jacuba

speciesAmeiva jacuba

Ameiva provitaae

speciesAmeiva provitaae

Ameiva reticulata

speciesAmeiva reticulata

Ameiva pantherina

speciesAmeiva pantherina

Ameiva concolor

speciesAmeiva concolor

Ameiva parecis

speciesAmeiva parecis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 38775.