3459
Author
Harvey, Michael B.
Author
Ugueto, Gabriel N.
Author
Gutberlet, Ronald L.
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-09-07
3459
1
156
journal article
11755334
457C2AD0-E5CF-4A41-B6CB-11722700BC5F
Ameiva
Incertae
Sedis
Remarks.—
Although they are clearly species of
Ameiva
,
we refrain from assigning
Ameiva concolor
Ruthven
and
A. parecis
(Colli
et al.
)
to species group.
Ameiva parecis
is known only from Fazenda Cachoeira,
50 km
NW of Vilhena,
Estado de Rondônia
,
Brazil
. It most closely resembles species of the
A. ameiva
Group. Unfortunately many important characters were not mentioned in the original description or in a subsequent publication (
Giugliano
et al.
2006
) about this rare species. To our knowledge, it remains known from the
type
series and a few other specimens in Brazilian museums.
Ameiva concolor
resembles species in the
A. bifrontata
Group in overall habitus. As mentioned above, this species was assigned to the
A. ameiva
Group by a phylogenetic analysis of all characters, but assigned to the
A. bifrontata
Group when meristic characters were excluded.