Ameiva ameiva

Familia: Teiidae
Subfamilia: Teiinae
Genus: Ameiva
Species:

Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Syntypes (3): NRM 120 and 124; UUZM 12.
• Type locality: “America”, restricted to “the confluence of the Cottica River and the Perica Creek, Suriname” by Hoogmoed (1973: 44).

• Lacerta ameiva Linnaeus, 1758: 202 [original combination]

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Hoogmoed, M.S. 1973. Notes on the herpetofauna of Surinam IV: the lizards and amphisbaenians of Surinam. Biogeographica Volume 1–5. Dr. W. Junk b.v. Publishers: The Hague. 419 pp.

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Ameiva ameiva. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 June 2018.
• Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Rivas, G., Caicedo, J., Kacoliris, F. & Pelegrin, N. 2019. IUCN: Ameiva ameiva  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203180A2761608. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203180A2761608.en. Accessed on 17 June 2022.

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