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Genus of lizards

Holcosus
Rainbow ameiva (Holcosus undulatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Subfamily: Teiinae
Genus: Holcosus
Cope, 1862
Type species
Holcosus septemlineatus

Holcosus is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae.

Geographic range

Species of the genus Holcosus are found in southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.

Species

These 18 species are recognized as being valid. Binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Holcosus.

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Holcosus amphigrammus (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1945) rainbow ameiva Mexico.
Holcosus anomalus (Echternacht, 1977) Echternacht's ameiva Colombia.
Holcosus bridgesii Cope, 1869 Bridges's ameiva southern Colombia (Nariño Department and Gorgona Island) and northwestern Ecuador (Carchi Province and Esmeraldas Province).
Holcosus chaitzami (Stuart, 1942) Chaitzam's ameiva Guatemala and in the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas.
Holcosus festivus (Lichtenstein, 1856) Middle American ameiva southern Mexico to Colombia
Holcosus gaigeae (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946) rainbow ameiva Mexico.
Holcosus hartwegi (H.M. Smith, 1940) rainbow ameiva Guatemala and Mexico.
Holcosus leptophrys (Cope, 1893) delicate ameiva, delicate whiptail Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Holcosus niceforoi (Dunn, 1943) Colombia.
Holcosus orcesi (J. Peters, 1964) Peters's ameiva Ecuador.
Holcosus parvus (Barbour & Noble, 1915) rainbow ameiva Costa Rica and Mexico.
Holcosus pulcher (Hallowell, 1861) Costa Rica and Honduras.
Holcosus quadrilineatus (Hallowell, 1861) four-lined ameiva western Panama, Costa Rica, and southeastern Nicaragua
Holcosus septemlineatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) seven-lined ameiva Colombia and Ecuador.
Holcosus sinister (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946) rainbow ameiva Mexico
Holcosus stuarti (H.M. Smith, 1940) rainbow ameiva Mexico.
Holcosus thomasi (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946) rainbow ameiva Guatemala and Chiapas Mexico .
Ameiva undulata02.jpg Holcosus undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834) rainbow ameiva Mexico.

References

  1. ^ Genus Holcosus at The Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Cope, ED (1862). "Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridæ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 60–82. JSTOR 4059427. (Holcosus, new genus, p. 60).
Taxon identifiers
Holcosus


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