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Ameiva corax (Little scrub groundlizard)

Reptilia - Teiidae

Taxonomy

Ameiva corax was named by Censky and Paulson (1992). It is extant.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1992	Ameiva corax Censky and Paulson
2012	Ameiva corax Harvey et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
—	Episquamata
superfamily	Lacertoidea	Camp 1923
—	Teiioidea
family	Teiidae	Gray 1827
tribe	Teiini	Presch 1974
genus	Ameiva	Meyer 1795
species	corax	Censky and Paulson 1992

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 corax Censky and Paulson 1992 [Little scrub 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:

2005-09-05 21:44:41

Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Collections

No collection or age range data are available