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Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174028

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Giant Ameiva [English]
		South American Ground Lizard [English]
		Zandolie [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia -- Animal, animals, animaux
	Phylum	Chordata -- chordates, cordado, cordés
	Subphylum	Vertebrata -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 -- répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 -- Amphisbaenians, amphisbènes, lézards, Lizards, serpents, Snakes
	Suborder	Autarchoglossa
	Family	Teiidae -- Ameivas, Ground Lizards, New World Runners, Racerunners, Whiptails
	Genus	Ameiva Meyer, 1795 -- Ameivas, Ground Lizards
	Species	Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Giant Ameiva, South American Ground Lizard, Zandolie

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Ameiva ameiva

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Ameiva ameiva

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2004
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Ameiva ameiva

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Ameiva ameiva

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Collins, J. T.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Third Edition
	Page(s):	ii + 41
	Publisher:	Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
	Publication Place:	St. Louis, Missouri, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-916984-21-4
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Ameiva ameiva

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