Holcosus undulatus

Holcosus undulatus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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Binomial name
Holcosus undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Cnemidophorus undulatus Wiegmann, 1834 Ameiva undulata — Gray, 1845 Cnemidophorus amivoides Cope, 1894 Ameiva undulata — H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946 Holcosus undulatus Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012

Holcosus undulatus, also known commonly as the barred whiptail, the metallic ameiva, and the rainbow ameiva, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies.^[1]

H. undulatus is brown-coloured, with a series of darker zig-zag bars running down the sides, often with light blue and green markings along the sides and underside. It is similar to the Middle American ameiva (H. festivus).

H. undulatus lives in litter in open habitats.

The following three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Holcosus undulatus dexter (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946)
• Holcosus undulatus miadis (Barbour & Loveridge, 1929)
• Holcosus undulatus undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Holcosus.

• Wiegmann AFA (1834). Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae quae itineribus comitis Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense pervenerunt. Pars prima, saurorum species amplectens. Adiecto systematis saurorum prodromo, additsque multis in hunc amphibiorum ordinem observationibus. Berlin: C.G. Lüderitz. vi + 54 pp. + Plates I–X. (Cnemidophorus undulatus, new species, p. 26). (in Latin).

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Wikidata ☰ Q1749661 entry

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