Auber's ameiva
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Pholidoscelis |
| Species: | P. auberi
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| Pholidoscelis auberi (Cocteau, 1838)
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Auber's ameiva (Pholidoscelis auberi), also known commonly as the Cuban ameiva, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to the Bahamas and Cuba.[2] There are 40 recognized subspecies.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, auberi, is in honor of Cuban botanist Pedro Alejandro Auber (1786–1843).[3]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitats of P. auberi are shrubland and forest.[1]
Diet[edit]
P. auberi preys upon invertebrates.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
Subspecies[edit]
Including the nominotypical subspecies, 40 subspecies of P. auberi are recognized as being valid. 25 of these subspecies are found on Cuba and its associated islets.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Buckner S, Reynolds RG, Fong A (2017). "Pholidoscelis auberi (amended version of 2017 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T50008994A121638955. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50008994A121638955.en. Downloaded on 02 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Pholidoscelis auberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 July 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ameiva auberi, p. 12).
Further reading[edit]
- Cocteau [J-T], Bibron [G] (1838). "Reptiles ". pp. 1–143. In: de la Sagra R (1838). Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. 255 pp. (Ameiva auberi Cocteau, new species, pp. 51–55). (in Latin and Spanish).
- Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pellegrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of Teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics 32 (6): 624–671. (Pholidoscelis auberi, new combination).
- Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Ameiva auberi, pp. 50–54).
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