Holcosus festivus
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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.[1]
Geographic range
H. festivus is found from southern Mexico to Colombia.[1]
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.[2]
Habitat
H. festivus lives in open habitats.[2]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
- H. f. festivus (Lichtenstein, 1856)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern Colombia and Panama
- H. f. edwardsii Bocourt, 1873Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, and Nicaragua
- H. f. occidentalis Taylor, 1956Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 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.[3]
References
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- ↑ a b c Holcosus festivus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database.
- ↑ a b 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. Template:ISBN. (Ameiva festiva edwardsii, p. 80).
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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
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- Ameiva festiva, Jan Ševčík.
- Central American Whiptailed Lizard, NaturePhotos-CZ.com.
- Ameiva festiva, WildHerps.com.
