Ameivula

Ameivula is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus is endemic to South America. Many species in the genus Ameivula were previously listed in the genus Cnemidophorus.

Ameivula
Ameivula ocellifera in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Maranhão State, northeastern Brazil. Photo by J. P. Miranda.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Ameivula Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012

Species

The following 11 species, listed alphabetically, are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Ameivula abalosi (Cabrera, 2012)
• Ameivula apipensis Arias, Recoder, Álvarez, Etchepare, Quipildor, Lobo & Rodrigues, 2018
• Ameivula cipoensis Arias, Carvalho, Zaher & Rodrigues, 2014
• Ameivula confusioniba (Arias, Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)
• Ameivula jalapensis (Colli, Giugliano, Mesquita & França, 2009)
• Ameivula mumbuca (Colli et al., 2003)
• Ameivula nativo (Rocha, Bergallo & Peccinini-Seale, 1997)
• Ameivula nigrigula (Arias, Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)
• Ameivula ocellifera (Spix, 1825) – Spix's whiptail
• Ameivula pyrrhogularis (Basto da Silva & Ávila-Pires, 2013)
• Ameivula xacriaba Arias, Teixeira Jr., Recoder, Carvalho, Zaher & Rodrigues, 2014

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