Pholidoscelis wetmorei

Pholidoscelis wetmorei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Pholidoscelis
Species:
P. wetmorei
Binomial name
Pholidoscelis wetmorei
(Stejneger, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ameiva wetmorei
    — Stejneger, 1913
  • Ameiva wetmorei eleanorae
    — Grant & C. Roosevelt, 1932
  • Ameiva eleanorae
    — Grant, 1932
  • Ameiva wetmorei
    — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991
  • Pholidoscelis wetmorei
    — Goicoechea et al., 2016

Pholidoscelis wetmorei is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae (whiptails).[1] The species is endemic to Puerto Rico. Its common names include the Puerto Rican blue-tailed ameiva, Wetmore's ameiva,[2] blue-tailed ground lizard, [3] and siguana de rabo azul.

  1. ^ a b "Pholidoscelis wetmorei ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pholidoscelis&species=wetmorei
  2. ^ Joglar R, Rodriguez C, Angeli N (2017). "Pholidoscelis wetmorei (amended version of 2017 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. Downloaded on 23 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Species Profile for Blue-Tailed Ground lizard (Ameiva wetmorei)". ecos.fws.gov. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2018-10-23.