| Holcosus festivus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Holcosus |
| Species: | H. festivus |
| Binomial name | |
| Holcosus festivus (Lichtenstein, 1856) | |
| Synonyms | |
Holcosus festivus, commonly known as the Central American whiptail, the Middle American ameiva, and the tiger ameiva, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to Central America and northern South America.
Geographic range
H. festivus is found from southern Mexico to Colombia.
Description
H. festivus is brown-colored, with darker browns making a zig-zag pattern down the back. A similar species is Holcosus quadrilineatus. Juveniles have metallic-blue tails.
Habitat
H. festivus lives in open habitats.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- H. f. festivus (Lichtenstein, 1856) – northern Colombia and Panama
- H. f. edwardsii Bocourt, 1873 – Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, and Nicaragua
- H. f. occidentalis Taylor, 1956 – Costa Rica
Nota bene: A taxon author (binomial authority or trinomial authority) in parentheses indicates that the taxon (species or subspecies) was originally described in a different genus (in this case, a genus other than Holcosus).
Etymology
The subspecific name, edwardsii, is in honor of French zoologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards.
References
- Acosta Chaves V, Batista A, Chaves G, Flores-Villela O, Ibáñez R, Ines Hladaki A, Jaramillo C, Köhler G, Lamar W, Ramírez Pinilla M, Renjifo J, Urbina N (2016). "Holcosus festivus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) - ^ Holcosus festivus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database.
- ^ Ameiva festiva, Lizards of Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ameiva festiva edwardsii, p. 80).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Ameiva festiva, p. 347).
- Lichtenstein H (1856). Nomenclator reptilium et amphibiorum musei zoologici Berolinensis: Namenverzeichniss der in der zoologischen Sammlung der Königlichen Universität zu Berlin aufgestellten Arten von Reptilien und Amphibien nach ihren Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen. Berlin: Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. iv + 48 pp. (Cnemidophorus festivus, new species, p. 13). (in Latin and German).
External links
- Ameiva festiva, Jan Ševčík.
- Central American Whiptailed Lizard, NaturePhotos-CZ.com.
- Ameiva festiva, WildHerps.com.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Holcosus festivus | |
| Ameiva festiva | |