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Species of lizard

Auber's ameiva
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Pholidoscelis
Species: P. auberi
Binomial name
Pholidoscelis auberi
(Cocteau, 1838)
Synonyms
  • Ameiva auberi
    Cocteau, 1838
  • Pholidoscelis auberi
    — Goicoechea et al., 2016

Auber's ameiva (Pholidoscelis auberi), also known commonly as the Cuban ameiva, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to the Bahamas and Cuba. There are 40 recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, auberi, is in honor of Cuban botanist Pedro Alejandro Auber (1786–1843).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. auberi are shrubland and forest.

Diet

P. auberi preys upon invertebrates.

Reproduction

P. auberi is oviparous.

Subspecies

Including the nominotypical subspecies, 40 subspecies of P. auberi are recognized as being valid. 25 of these subspecies are found on Cuba and its associated islets.

References

  1. ^ Buckner S, Reynolds RG, Fong A (2017). "Pholidoscelis auberi (amended version of 2017 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T50008994A121638955. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50008994A121638955.en. Downloaded on 02 July 2019.
  2. ^ Pholidoscelis auberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 July 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ameiva auberi, p. 12).

Further reading

  • Cocteau , Bibron (1838). "Reptiles ". pp. 1–143. In: de la Sagra R (1838). Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. 255 pp. (Ameiva auberi Cocteau, new species, pp. 51–55). (in Latin and Spanish).
  • Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pellegrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (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. (Pholidoscelis auberi, new combination).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Ameiva auberi, pp. 50–54).


Taxon identifiers
Pholidoscelis auberi
Ameiva auberi


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