Ameiva

Member species of the genus Ameiva are found in South America and Central America. They have also been spotted in the Caribbean Region as well.(West Indies) Usually, their major habitat is located in Brazil, and there are four region: Caatinga, Cerrado, Amazonian rain forest, and Amazonian savanna. [1] Additionally, Ameiva ameiva has been introduced to Florida in the United States.[2]

Sourced from "The Reptile Database".[3]

• Ameiva aggerecusans Koch, Venegas, Rödder, Flecks, & Böhme, 2013
• Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758) – giant ameiva, green ameiva, South American ground lizard, Amazon racerunner
• Ameiva atrigularis (Garman, 1887) – giant ameiva, Amazon racerunner
• Ameiva bifrontata Cope, 1862 – Cope's ameiva
• Ameiva concolor (Ruthven, 1924)
• Ameiva fuliginosa (Cope, 1892)
• Ameiva jacuba Giugliano, Nogueira, Valdujo, Collevatti, & Colli, 2013
• Ameiva nodam Koch, Venegas, Rödder, Flecks & Böhme, 2013
• Ameiva pantherina Ugueto & Harvey, 2011
• Ameiva parecis (Colli, Costa, Garda, Kopp, Mesquita, Péres, Valdujo, Vieira, & Wiederhecker, 2003)
• Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852) – giant ameiva, Amazon racerunner
• Ameiva provitaae García-Pérez, 1995
• Ameiva reticulata Landauro, Garcia-Bravo, & Venegas, 2015
• Ameiva tobagana Cope, 1879 – Antillean ameiva

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ameiva.

• Meyer FAA (1795). Synopsis reptilium, novam ipsorum sistens generum methodum, nec non Gottingensium huius ordinis animalium enumerationem. Göttingen: van den Hoek and Ruprecht. 32 pp. (Ameiva, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).