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Ameiva exsul (Puerto Rican giant groundlizard)

Osteichthyes - Teiidae

Taxonomy
Ameiva exsul was named by Cope (1862). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. griswaldi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Ameiva exsul Cope
2012Ameiva exsul Harvey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
—Teiioidea
familyTeiidaeGray 1827
tribeTeiiniPresch 1974
genusAmeivaMeyer 1795
speciesexsulCope 1862

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ameiva exsul Cope 1862 [Puerto Rican giant groundlizard]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:44:41
Modified: 2005-09-06 02:44:41
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available