Holcosus
Holcosus is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae.
| Holcosus | |
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| Rainbow ameiva (Holcosus undulatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Subfamily: | Teiinae |
| Genus: | Holcosus Cope, 1862 |
Geographic range
Species of the genus Holcosus are found in southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.[1]
Species
The following 18 species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Holcosus amphigrammus (Smith & Laufe, 1945) – rainbow ameiva
- Holcosus anomalus (Echternacht, 1977) – Echternacht's ameiva
- Holcosus bridgesii Cope, 1869 – Bridges's ameiva
- Holcosus chaitzami (Stuart, 1942) – Chaitzam's ameiva
- Holcosus festivus (Lichtenstein, 1856) – Middle American ameiva
- Holcosus gaigeae (Smith & Laufe, 1946) – rainbow ameiva
- Holcosus hartwegi (Smith, 1940) – rainbow ameiva
- Holcosus leptophrys (Cope, 1893) – delicate ameiva, delicate whiptail
- Holcosus niceforoi (Dunn, 1943)
- Holcosus orcesi (J. Peters, 1964) – Peters's ameiva
- Holcosus parvus (Barbour & Noble, 1915) – rainbow ameiva
- Holcosus pulcher (Hallowell, 1861)
- Holcosus quadrilineatus (Hallowell, 1861) – four-lined ameiva
- Holcosus septemlineatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – seven-lined ameiva
- Holcosus sinister (Smith & Laufe, 1946) – rainbow ameiva
- Holcosus stuarti (Smith, 1940) – rainbow ameiva
- Holcosus thomasi (Smith & Laufe, 1946) – rainbow ameiva
- Holcosus undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834) – rainbow ameiva
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Holcosus.
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