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Taxonomy of the genus Ameiva Biodiversity of the family Teiidae

Bibliography of the genus
Ameiva (South American Ameivas)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Ameiva in general

Angeli, N.F. 2018. On ‘lost’ indigenous etymological origins with the specific case of the name Ameiva. ZooKeys 748: 151–159.

Barbour, T.; Noble, K. 1915. A revision of the lizards of the genus Ameiva. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 59: 415-479.

Beebe, W. 1919. The higher vertebrates of British Guiana with special reference to the fauna of the Bartica district. 9. Lizards of the genus Ameiva. Zoologica (New York) 2: 235-238.

Cope, E.D. 1892. On Tiaporus, a new genus of Teiidae. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30: 132-133.

Echternacht, A.C. 1970. Taxonomic and ecological notes on some Middle and South American lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae). Breviora 354: 1-9.

Echternacht, A.C. 1971. Middle American lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae) with emphasis on geographic variation. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publications 55: 1-86.

Echternacht, A.C. 1976. The Ameiva (Sauria, Teiidae) of trans-Andean South America: trends in geographic variation and a new species. (Abstract). Herpetological Review 7(2): 80.

Echternacht, A.C. 1983. Ameiva and Cnemidophorus (chisbalas, macroteid lizards). pp. 375-379. In: Janzen, D.H. (ed.). Costa Rican natural history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 816 pp.

Harvey, M.B.; Ugueto, G.N.; Gutberlet, R.L. 2012. Review of teiid morphology with a revised taxonomy and phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459: 1-156.

Marcgrave, G. 1648. Historiae Naturalis Brasiliae. Lugdun. Batavorum, apud Franciscum Hackium et Amstelodami apud Lud. Johannes de Laet, Elzevierium, 303 pp.

Mendoza R., J.S. 2017. Natural history notes: Porthidium lansbergii (Lansberg’s Hognose Viper). Diet and habitat use. Herpetological Review 48(3): 681.

Müller, L.; Hellmich, W. 1945. Mitteilungen über die Ameiven Kolombiens. IV. Zoologischer Anzeiger 182(7/8) [1940]: 170-187.

Peters, J.A. 1964. The lizard genus Ameiva in Ecuador. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 63: 113-127.

Presch, W. 1971. Tongue structure of the teiid lizard genera Ameiva and Cnemidophorus with a reallocation of Ameiva vanzoi. Journal of Herpetology 5: 183-185.

Schlüter, U. 2007. Die Ernährung von Ameiven und Warantejus in der Natur und bei Terrarienhaltung. Reptilia (D) 11(62): 56-62.

Schlüter, U. 2007. Diet of wild and captive ameivas and monitor Tegus (family Teiidae). Reptilia (GB) 54: 62-67.

Smith, H.M.; Laufe, L.E. 1946. A summary of Mexican lizards of the genus Ameiva. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 31(1): 7-73.

Ugueto, G.N.; Harvey, M.B. 2011. Revision of Ameiva ameiva Linnaeus (Squamata: Teiidae) in Venezuela: recognition of four species and status of introduced populations in southern Florida, USA. Herpetological Monographs 25: 113-170.

Ameiva aggerecusans

Koch, C.; Venegas, P.J.; Rödder, D.; Flecks, M.; Böhme, W. 2013. Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924. Zootaxa 3745(2): 263–295.

Ameiva ameiva

Abrahão-Morato, S.A. 2012. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Common South American Green Lizard). Prey and feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 43(2): 328.

Alemán, C. 1952. Apuntes sobre reptiles y anfibios de la region Baruta-El Hatillo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 12(31): 11-30.

Anderson, R.A.; Vitt, L.J. 1990. Sexual selection versus alternative causes of sexual dimorphism in teiid lizards. Oecologia (Heidelberg) 84(2): 145-157.

Aoki, C.; Piatti, L.; Landgref-Filho, P.; Souza, F.L. de 2011. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(3): 426.

Avila, R.W.; Ferreira, V.L. 2006. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 37(1): 82.

Blazquez, M.C. 1996. Activity and habitat use in a population of Ameiva ameiva in southeastern Colombia. Biotropica (B) 28(4)(Special Issue): 714-719.

Boyden, T.C. 1976. Butterfly palatability and mimicry: experiments with Ameiva lizards. Evolution (Lawrence) 30(1): 73-81.

Cabrera, M.R. 2002. New records for Ameiva ameiva (L., 1758) (Squamata, Teiidae) in Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 16(2): 169-170.

Cochran, D.M. 1928. The herpetological collections made in Haiti and its adjoining islands by Walter J. Eyerdam. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 41: 53-59.

Colli, G.R. 1991. Reproductive ecology of Ameiva ameiva (Sauria, Teiidae) in the cerrado of central Brazil. Copeia 1991(4): 1002-1012.

Conners, J.S. 2010. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Diet. Herpetological Review 41(2): 215.

Cooper, W.E.; Caldwell, J.P.; Vitt, L.J.; Pérez-Mellado, V.; Baird, T.A. 2002. Food-chemical discrimination and correlated evolution between plant diet and plant-chemical discrimination in lacertiform lizards. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(4): 655-663.

Costa, G.C.; Mesquita, D.O.; Colli, G.R. 2008. The effect of pitfall trapping on lizard diets. Herpetological Journal 18(1): 45-48.

Costa, H.C.; Silva, E.T. da; Silva Campos, P.; Oliveira, M.P. da C.; Nunes, A.V.; Santos, P. da S. 2010. The corpse bride: a case of Davian behaviour in the Green Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva) in southeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes 3: 79-83.

Cruz Neto, A.P.; Gordo, M. 1996. Body temperature and thermoregulatory behaviour of the lizard Ameiva ameiva in central Amazonian forests. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 31(1): 11-16.

Cruz, M.E.M. da; Mascena Diniz, M.M. de; Gillett, M.P.T. 1985. Plasma lipid levels and natural diet of the Brazilian teiid lizard, Ameiva ameiva. Ciencia e Cultura (São Paulo) 37(2): 288-291.

Dias Ledo, R.M.; Colli, G.R. 2016. Silent death: the New Brazilian Forest Code does not protect lizard assemblages in cerrado riparian forests. South American Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 98–109.

Filadelfo, T.; Camandaroba, M.; Hamdan, B.; Pereira-Ramalho, W.; França, D.F. de; Freitas, M.A. de 2011. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(4): 598.

Freitas, A.M.; Teixeira, R.L.; Ferreira, R.B. 2012. Food partitioning between the sympatric lizards Tropidurus torquatus and Ameiva ameiva in the Atlantic rainforest, northeastern Brazil. Salamandra 48(2): 63-70.

Gaiotti, M.G.; Pinho, J.B. de; Santos, R.C.L. dos 2011. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(3): 425-426.

Gasc, J.P.; Lescure, J. 1977. Donnees sur l'herpetocoenose en milieu ouvert dans la foret amazonienne. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Ecologie Generale 35: 35-44.

Gogliath, M.; Pereira, L.C.M.; Nicola, P.A.; Ribeiro, L.B. 2012. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Bifurcation. Herpetological Review 43(1): 129.

Gogliath, M.; Ribeiro, L.B.; Freire, E.M.X. 2010. Cnemidophorus ocellifer (Spix's Whiptail): predation. Herpetological Bulletin 114: 36-38.

Goldi, E.A.; Hagmann, G. 1901. Die Eier von Tropidurus torquatus und Ameiva surinamensis. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere) (Jena) 14: 581-589.

Gonzalez-S., L.A.; Prieto, A.S.; Martienz, L.; Velasquez, J. 2006. Nichos troficos de los lagartos, Ameiva ameiva y Plica plica en un bosque humedo tropical del Estado Miranda, Venezuela. Saber 18(2): 117-122.

González-S., L.A.; Velásquez, J.; Ferrer, H.; García, J.; Cala, F.; Peñuela, J. 2008. Food habits of the lizard Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sauria: Teiidae) in a tropophic forest of Sucre State, Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 28(2): 53-59.

Granzinolli, M.A.M.; Barros, F.M.; Motta-Junior, J.C. 2007. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 38(4): 448-449.

Hardin, S.; Anderson, R.; Enge, K.M. 2009. Geographic distribution: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). USA: Florida. Herpetological Review 40(1): 111-112.

Henderson, R.W.; Berg, C.S. 2012. Ameiva ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) and Corallus grenadensis (Squamata: Boidae) on Petite Martinique (Grenada Grenadines), West Indies. Herpetology Notes 5: 439-440.

Johnson, M.L. 1952. Herpetological notes from northeastern Brazil. Copeia 1952: 283-284.

Juca Chagas, R. 1996. Analise morfometrica em generos de macroteiideos (Reptilia, Sauria, Teiidae). Revista Unimar 18(2): 355-367.

Juca Chagas, R.; Abe, A.S. 1996. Analise morfometrica em generos de macroteiideos (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Teiidae). pp. 155-164. In: Pefaur, J.E. (ed.). Herpetologia Neotropical. Actas del II Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia. II volumen. Universidad de los Andes, Consejo de Publicaciones, Merida. 451 pp.

Laurindo, T.F.S.; Vrcibradic, D.; Alves, M.A.S.; Guimaraes-Chaves, F.; Silva, P.A. da; Carvalho, S.X.M. de 2010. Natural history notes: Philodryas patagoniensis (Parelheira). Feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 41(2): 237-238.

Lauvers, W.D.; Koski, D.A.; Mônico, A.T. 2016. Natural history notes: Philodryas olfersii (Cobra-cipó; Lichtenstein's Green Racer). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(4): 687.

Lima, A.P.; Suarez, F.I.O.; Higuchi, N. 2001. The effects of selective logging on the lizards Kentropyx calcarata, Ameiva ameiva and Mabuya nigropunctata. Amphibia-Reptilia 22(2): 209-216.

Lopes Santos, D.; Vaz-Silva, W. 2012. Predation of Phimophis guerini and Ameiva ameiva by Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Snake: Colubridae). Herpetology Notes 5: 495-496.

Maffei, F.; Nascimento, G.R. do; Garrone Neto, D. 2009. Predation on the lizard Ameiva ameiva (Sauria: Teiidae) by a Coral Snake Micrurus frontalis (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Brazil. Herpetology Notes 2: 235-237.

Magnusson, W.E. 1987. Reproductive cycles of teiid lizards in Amazonian savanna. Journal of Herpetology 21(4): 307-316.

Magnusson, W.E. 1993. Body temperatures of field-active Amazonian savanna lizards. Journal of Herpetology 27(1): 53-58.

Magnusson, W.E.; Franke, C.R.; Kasper, L.A. 1986. Factors affecting densities of Cnemidophorus lemniscatus. Copeia 1986(3): 804-807.

Magnusson, W.E.; Lima, A.P.; Faria, A.S.; Victoria, R.L.; Martinelli, L.A. 2001. Size and carbon acquisition in lizards from Amazonian savanna: evidence from isotope analysis. Ecology (Washington, D.C.) 82(6): 1772-1780.

Magnusson, W.E.; Paiva, L.J. de; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Franke, C.R.; Kasper, L.A.; Lima, A.P. 1985. The correlates of foraging mode in a community of Brazilian lizards. Herpetologica 41(3): 324-332.

McConchie, T.; Wilkinson, F.A. 2004. Natural history notes: Boa constrictor (boa constrictor). Kleptoparasitism. Herpetological Review 35(3): 272.

McCrystal, H.K.; Behler, J.L. 1982. Husbandry and reproduction of captive giant ameiva lizards Ameiva ameiva at the New York Zoological Park. International Zoo Yearbook 22: 159-163.

Melo-H., A.I.; Pino-S., E.P. 2008. Estructura y abundancia poblacional de Ameiva ameiva y Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Sauria: Teiidae) en el sector Nororiental de Emballse el Guájaro, la Peña, Departamento del Atlántico, Colombia. Herpetotropicos 4(1) [2007]: 31-37.

Meshaka, W.E.; Epperly, S.P.; Chester, G.E.; Chester, A.J.; Jackson, T.L.; Smith, H.T. 2010. Seasonal and diel activity of the Giant Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva) in a south Florida population. Florida Scientist 73(1): 31-38.

Mônico, A.T.; Valadares-Koski, A.P.; Koski, D.A. 2016. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 47(4): 663.

Müller, L. 1929. Über einige Rassen der Ameiva ameiva aus Venezuela. Zoologischer Anzeiger 83: 97-112, 193-211.

Nino, K.S.; Santos, I.Y.G.S. dos; Santos, E.M. dos 2016. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (South American Common Green Lizard). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(3): 458-459.

Novelli, I.A.; Silva, L.P. da; Carvalho, R.G. de; Santos, R.C.; Sousa, B.M. de 2012. Lagartos de áreas de cerrado na Reserva Biológica Unilavras-Boqueirão, Ingaí, Sul de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Biota Neotropica 12(3): 147-153.

Pagan, D.N.M.; Gifford, M.E.; Parmerlee, J.S.; Powell, R. 2012. Ecological performance in the actively foraging lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae). Journal of Herpetology 46(2): 253-256.

Pereira da Silva, E.A.; Santos, T.D.; Leite, G.N.; Barros Ribeiro, L. 2013. Tropidurus hispidus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) and Leptodactylus cf. fuscus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) as prey of the teiid lizards Salvator merianae and Ameiva ameiva. Herpetology Notes 6: 51-53.

Pinho, J.B. de; Gaiotti, M.G.; Nobrega, P.F.A. de 2010. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 41(1): 72.

Pires Manata, F.; Nascimento, L.B. 2005. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Calango Verde). Courtship behavior. Herpetological Review 36(1): 62.

Punzo, F. 2003. The effects of early experience on subsequent feeding responses in the Tegu, Tupinambis Teguixin (Squamata: Teiidae). Journal of Environmental Biology 24(1): 23-27.

Quesnel, V.C. (undated, 1980?). The reproductive behaviour of the lizard, Ameiva ameiva tobagana. Living World 1978-1979: 16-18.

Rocha, C.F.D. 2008. Body size, female reproduction and sexual dimorphism in the lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) in a restinga of southeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25(2): 370-372.

Rodrigues, J.B.; Franca, R.C.; Sampaio, I.L.R.; Franca, F.G.R. 2016. Natural history notes: Pseudoboa nigra (Black False Boa). Foraging behavior. Herpetological Review 47(1): 152-153.

Sales, R.F.D.; Ribeiro, L.B.; Almeida, H.W.B.; Freire, E.M.X. 2010. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Saurophagy. Herpetological Review 41(1): 72-73.

Sales, R.F.D.; Ribeiro, L.B.; Freire, E.M.X. 2011. Feeding ecology of Ameiva ameiva in a caatinga area of northeastern Brazil. Herpetological Journal 21(3): 199-207.

Sales, R.F.D.; Ribeiro, L.B.; Jorge, J.S.; Freire, E.M.X. 2011. Habitat use, daily activity periods, and thermal ecology of Ameiva ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) in a caatinga area of northeastern Brazil. Phyllomedusa 10(2): 165-176.

Santos, S.M.A.; Germano, V.J. 1996. Natural history notes: Crotalus durissus (Neotropical Rattlesnake) prey. Herpetological Review 27(3): 143.

Sartorius, S.S.; Vitt, L.J.; Colli, G.R. 1999. Use of naturally and anthropogenically disturbed habitats in Amazonian rainforest by the teiid lizard Ameiva ameiva. Biological Conservation 90(2): 91-101.

Schlüter, U. 2004. Farbenprächtige Ameiven. Lebensweise, Pflege und Zucht von Ameiva ameiva. Aquaristik Fachmagazin & Aquarium Heute 36(3)(177): 86-89.

Schouten, G.B. 1929. Notas sobre la oologia de algunos saurios del Paraguay y de los paises limitrofes. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 33: 518-521.

Segadilha, J.L.; Barbosa Ferreira, R.; Teixeira, R.L.; Silva-Soares, T. 2016. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 47(2): 292-293.

Shreve, B. 1947. On Venezuelan reptiles and amphibians collected by Dr. G. Kugler. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 99(5): 517-537.

Silva, B.T.F.; Andrade, F.E. de; Teixeira, R.L.; Giovanelli, M. 2003. Ecologia de Ameiva ameiva (Sauria, Teiidae) na Restinga de Guriri, Sao Mateus, Espirito Santo, sudeste do Brasil. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitao 15: 5-15.

Silva, C.F. da; Alcantara, E.P. de; Matias, C.S.L.; Oliveira, C.R. de; Avila, R.W. 2016. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 47(2): 292.

Simmons, J.E. 1975. The female reproductive cycle of the teiid lizard Ameiva ameiva petersii Cope. Herpetologica 31(3): 279-282.

Simmons, P.M.; Greene, B.T.; Williamson, K.E.; Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J.S. 2005. Ecological interactions within a lizard community on Grenada. Herpetologica 61(2): 124-134.

Teixeira, R.L.; Narciso, R.B.; Vrcibradic, D. 2015. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Green Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 46(1): 86.

Tozetti, A.M.; Hulle, N.; Vetorazzo, V. 2005. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Giant Ameiva). Predation. Herpetological Review 36(4): 443-444.

Tuck, R.G.; Hardy, J.D. 1973. Status of the Ober Tobago collection Smithsonian Institution, and the proper allocation of Amiva surinamensis tobaganus Cape (Sauria, Teiidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 86(19): 231-241.

Ubaid, F.K.; Nascimento, G.R. do; Maffei, F. 2009. Natural history notes: Ameiva ameiva (Green Lizard). Attempted predation of amphisbaenian. Herpetological Review 40(3): 339.

Ugueto, G.N.; Harvey, M.B. 2011. Revision of Ameiva ameiva Linnaeus (Squamata: Teiidae) in Venezuela: recognition of four species and status of introduced populations in southern Florida, USA. Herpetological Monographs 25: 113-170.

Vega, L.E.; Chani, J.M.; Trivi de Mandri, M. 1988. Observations on the feeding habits of Ameiva ameiva. Herpetological Review 19(3): 53-54.

Vitt, L.J. 1982. Reproductive tactics of Ameiva ameiva (Lacertilia: Teiidae) in a seasonally fluctuating tropical habitat. Canadian Journal of Zoology 60(12): 3113-3120.

Vitt, L.J. 2000. Ecological consequences of body size in neonatal and small-bodied lizards in the Neotropics. Herpetological Monographs 14: 388-400.

Vitt, L.J.; Carvalho, C.M. de 1995. Niche partitioning in a tropical wet season: lizards in the Lavrado area of northern Brazil. Copeia 1995(2): 305-329.

Vitt, L.J.; Colli, G.R. 1994. Geographical ecology of a Neotropical lizard: Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) in Brazil. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72(11): 1986-2008.

Vitt, L.J.; Sartorius, S.S.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Esposito, M.C.; Miles, D.B. 2000. Niche segregation among sympatric Amazonian teiid lizards. Oecologia (Berlin) 122(3): 410-420.

Vogl, P.C. 1933. Sobre vida y geografia de Ameiva ameiva en Venezuela. Bol. Soc. Venez. Cienc. Nat. Caracas 11: 10-16.

White, T.D.; Anderson, R.A. 1994. Locomotor patterns and costs as related to body size and form in teiid lizards. Journal of Zoology (London) 233(1): 107-128.

Wijffels, L.C.M. 1961. Ameiva ameiva ameiva (Linné). Lacerta 20: 10.

Zaluar, H.; Rocha, C.F.D. 2000. Ecology of the wide-foraging lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) in a sand dune habitat of Southeast Brazil: ontogenetic, sexual and seasonal trends in food habits, activity, thermal biology and microhabitat use. Ciencia e Cultura (Sao Paulo) 52(2): 101-107.

Ameiva atrigularis

Gonzalez, S.L.A.; Prieto Arcas, A. 1998. Habitos alimentarios del lagarto Ameiva ameiva melanocephala Barbour y Noble, 1915 (Sauria-Teiidae), en un bosque humedo del Estado Miranda, Venezuela. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 57(147): 15-23.

Gonzalez-S., L.A.; Prieto Arcas, A. 2001. Aspectos sobre la termorregulacion y reproduccion del lagarto Ameiva ameiva melanocephala Barbour y Noble, 1915 (Sauria: Teiidae), en un bosque humedo del Estado Miranda, Venezuela. Memoria de la Fundacion la Salle de Ciencias Naturales 59(152): 3-17.

Ugueto, G.N.; Harvey, M.B. 2011. Revision of Ameiva ameiva Linnaeus (Squamata: Teiidae) in Venezuela: recognition of four species and status of introduced populations in southern Florida, USA. Herpetological Monographs 25: 113-170.

Ameiva bifrontata

Goldberg, S.R. 2010. Note on the reproductive cycle of Cope's ameiva, Ameiva bifrontata (Squamata: Teiidae), from Peru. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 45(8): 125-126.

González-Carcacia, J.A.; Romero, V.P.; Rivas, G.A. 2012. Natural history notes: Phimophis guianensis (Troschel's Pampas Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 43(3): 496-497.

Gonzalez-S., L.A.; Prieto Arcas, A.; Velasquez, J.; Angulo, C.; Ferrer, H. 2006. Habitos alimentarios del lagarto Ameiva bifrontata (Cope 1862) (Sauria: Teiidae) en los alrededores del rio Tacal, Parque Nacional Mochima, estado Sucre, Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 23(4): 1-10.

León, J.R.; Donoso-Barros, R.; Prieto, A.S. 1970. Alimentacion de tres especies de lagartos de los alredores de Cumaná, Estado Sucre, Venezuela. Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepción 42 [1969-1970]: 349-354.

León, J.R.; Ruiz, L.J. 1971. Reproduction de la lagartija, Ameiva bifrontata (Sauria: Teiidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 11: 195-201.

Manzanilla, J.; Cornieles, R.; Fernandez Badillo, A. 1998. Geographic distribution: Ameiva bifrontata. Herpetological Review 29(2): 109-110.

Mijares-Urrutia, A.; Ospino, L.; Partida, A.; Pena, E.; Valbuena, Y. 2000. Natural history notes: Ameiva bifrontata (Visure Verde, Guaripete). Cannibalism. Herpetological Review 31(3): 172-173.

Ruthven, A.G. 1915. On Ameiva bifrontata Cope and Ameiva divisus Fischer. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 2: 1-3.

Ruthven, A.G. 1924. Description of an Ameiva from Testigos Island, Venezuela. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 149: 1-3.

Ruthven, A.G. 1924. The subspecies of Ameiva bifrontata. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 155: 1-6.

Schall, J.J. 1973. Relations among three macroteiid lizards on Aruba Island. Journal of Herpetology 7(3): 289-295.

Ameiva concolor

Koch, C.; Venegas, P.J.; Rödder, D.; Flecks, M.; Böhme, W. 2013. Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924. Zootaxa 3745(2): 263–295.

Ameiva fuliginosa

McCranie, J.R.; Gotte, S.W. 2015. An investigation into the Swan Island Honduras collecting event of Tiaporus fuliginosus Cope (Reptilia: Teiidae) and its systematic status. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 127(4): 543-556.

Ameiva jacuba

Giugliano, L.G.; Campos Nogueira, C. de; Valdujo, P.H.; Collevatti, R.G.; Colli, G.R. 2013. Cryptic diversity in South American Teiinae (Squamata, Teiidae) lizards. Zoologica Scripta 42(5): 473-487.

Ameiva nodam

Koch, C.; Venegas, P.J.; Rödder, D.; Flecks, M.; Böhme, W. 2013. Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924. Zootaxa 3745(2): 263–295.

Ameiva pantherina

Ugueto, G.N.; Harvey, M.B. 2011. Revision of Ameiva ameiva Linnaeus (Squamata: Teiidae) in Venezuela: recognition of four species and status of introduced populations in southern Florida, USA. Herpetological Monographs 25: 113-170.

Ameiva parecis

Colli, G.R.; Costa, G.C.; Garda, A.A.; Kopp, K.A.; Mesquita, D.O.; Peres, A.K.; Valdujo, P.H.; Vieira, G.H.C.; Wiederhecker, H.C. 2003. A critically endangered new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata, Teiidae) from a Cerrado enclave in southwestern Amazonia, Brazil. Herpetologica 59(1): 76-88.

Costa, G.C.; Mesquita, D.O.; Colli, G.R. 2008. The effect of pitfall trapping on lizard diets. Herpetological Journal 18(1): 45-48.

Giugliano, L.G.; Campos Nogueira, C. de; Valdujo, P.H.; Collevatti, R.G.; Colli, G.R. 2013. Cryptic diversity in South American Teiinae (Squamata, Teiidae) lizards. Zoologica Scripta 42(5): 473-487.

Giugliano, L.G.; Contel, E.P.B.; Colli, G.R. 2006. Genetic variability and phylogenetic relationships of Cnemidophorus parecis (Squamata, Teiidae) from Cerrado isolates in southwestern Amazonia. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 34(5): 383-391.

Mesquita, D.O.; Colli, G.R. 2003. Geographical variation in the ecology of populations of some Brazilian species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata, Teiidae). Copeia 2003(2): 285-298.

Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A.; Amaral, S. 2016. Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. III. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae. Zootaxa 4205(5): 401-430.

Ameiva praesignis

Esqueda, L.F.; Marca, E. la 1999. New reptilian species records from the Cordillera de Merida, Andes of Venezuela. Herpetological Review 30(4): 238-240.

Marca, E. la; Garcia, J.E. 1987. New herpetological records from the Sierra de Perija, Venezuela. Herpetological Review 18(3): 57.

Shreve, B. 1947. On Venezuelan reptiles and amphibians collected by Dr. G. Kugler. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 99(5): 517-537.

Ugueto, G.N.; Harvey, M.B. 2011. Revision of Ameiva ameiva Linnaeus (Squamata: Teiidae) in Venezuela: recognition of four species and status of introduced populations in southern Florida, USA. Herpetological Monographs 25: 113-170.

Ameiva provitaae

Casado-B., R.; Soriano, P.J. 2010. Fruiting, frugivory and dispersal of the globular cactus Melocactus schatzlii in the semiarid enclave of Lagunillas, Merida, Venezuela. Ecotropicos 23(1): 18-36.

Ameiva reticulata

Landauro, C.Z.; García-Bravo, A.; Venegas, P.J. 2015. An endemic new species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from an isolated dry forest in southern Peru. Zootaxa 3946(3): 387–400.