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Caribbean ameivas

Pholidoscelis umbratilis

Classification

Family
Teiidae

The common ameiva (Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus) is a species of lizard endemic to Hispaniola and a number of smaller associated islands. It is known to engage in homosexual mating among males. Taxonomy The common ameiva was originally described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1868, as Ameiva chrysolaema.

Distribution

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