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Hispaniolan Lizards 1 (1 Viewer)
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I can see the similarity with some reddish under the head (chin/throat area) and a dissimilarity with spots versus no spots in the dark sidebar (I am comparing with the picture on this page: https://sites.google.com/site/kuscarji/vrste-kuscarjev/teiidae). The latter could be a question of a different subspecies?
Niels
Niels
I can find a complete (?) list of species in Ameiva: http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38775-Ameiva -- most of these are clearly just by the name found in other places. There is also this paper which claims to be a revision of the genus for the Caribbean: http://www.hedgeslab.org/pubs/153.pdf
Ameiva chrysolaema does not look anything like this one
Ameiva leberi - very difficult to find an image, because the google results show all sorts of other species. But, the PDF states that it is a color morph of Ameiva chrysolaema and does not deserve species status?
Ameiva lineolata is different: http://reptile-database.reptarium.c...ies=lineolata&search_param=((genus='Ameiva'))
So it looks like Ameiva taeniura is the only likely species with that looks
Niels
Ameiva chrysolaema does not look anything like this one
Ameiva leberi - very difficult to find an image, because the google results show all sorts of other species. But, the PDF states that it is a color morph of Ameiva chrysolaema and does not deserve species status?
Ameiva lineolata is different: http://reptile-database.reptarium.c...ies=lineolata&search_param=((genus='Ameiva'))
So it looks like Ameiva taeniura is the only likely species with that looks
Niels
