Holcosus septemlineatus

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Holcosus septemlineatus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Holcosus
Species:
H. septemlineatus
Binomial name
Holcosus septemlineatus
Synonyms[2]
  • Ameiva septemlineata
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
  • Ameiva sex-scutata
    Günther, 1859
  • Holcosus septemlineatus
    — Cope, 1862
  • Holcosus sexscutatus
    — Cope, 1862
  • Ameiva septemlineata
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Holcosus septemlineatus
    — Harvey et al., 2012

Holcosus septemlineatus, also known commonly as the seven-lined ameiva or the lagartija terrestre de cola azul (Spanish),[2] is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Geographic range

H. septemlineatus is found in the western lowlands of Ecuador and Colombia.[2] In Ecuador, H. septemlineatus inhabits areas which the World Wide Fund for Nature classifies as the bioregions of Ecuadorian dry forests, Western Ecuador moist forests, Northwestern Andean montane forests, Guayaquil flooded grasslands, South American Pacific mangroves, and Manabí mangroves.[3][4]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44579609A44579616.en
    . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Holcosus septemlineatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 June 2019.
  3. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3459.1.1
    . Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Wildfinder Database". World Wildlife Fund for Nature. Retrieved 28 June 2023.


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