Holcosus festivus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Holcosus |
| Species: | H. festivus
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| Holcosus festivus (Lichtenstein, 1856)
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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.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]H. festivus is found from southern Mexico to Colombia.[2]
Description
[edit]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.[3]
Habitat
[edit]H. festivus lives in open habitats.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- 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
[edit]The subspecific name, edwardsii, is in honor of French zoologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 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) - ^ a b c d 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. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ameiva festiva edwardsii, p. 80).
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
