Pholidoscelis

Pholidoscelis is a genus of lizards that belongs to the family Teiidae. All species are endemic to the West Indies.

Classification

Listed alphabetically.

• Pholidoscelis alboguttatus – Mona ground lizard, Mona ameiva
• Pholidoscelis atratus – Redonda ameiva
• Pholidoscelis auberi – Auber's ameiva, Cuban ameiva
• Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus – common ameiva, Hispaniolan giant ameiva
• †Pholidoscelis cineraceus – Guadeloupe ameiva (extinct)
• Pholidoscelis corax – Censky's ameiva, Anguilla black ameiva, Little Scrub Island ground lizard
• Pholidoscelis corvinus – Sombrero ameiva
• Pholidoscelis desechensis – Desecheo ground lizard
• Pholidoscelis dorsalis – Jamaica ameiva
• Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus – St. Christopher ameiva
• Pholidoscelis exsul – common Puerto Rican ameiva
• Pholidoscelis fuscatus – Dominican ameiva
• Pholidoscelis griswoldi – Antiguan ameiva, Griswold's ameiva
• Pholidoscelis lineolatus – Pigmy blue-tailed ameiva, dwarf teiid
• †Pholidoscelis major – Martinique ameiva, Martinique giant ameiva
• Pholidoscelis maynardi – Great Inagua ameiva
• Pholidoscelis plei – Anguilla Bank ameiva
• Pholidoscelis pluvianotatus – Montserrat ameiva
• Pholidoscelis polops – St. Croix ameiva, St. Croix ground lizard
• Pholidoscelis taeniurus – Hispaniolan blue-tailed ameiva, Haitian ameiva
• Pholidoscelis wetmorei – Puerto Rican blue-tailed ameiva, Wetmore's ameiva

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pholidiscelis.

References

Further reading

• Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Pholidoscelis, new genus, p. 20). (in Latin).