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Ameivula nativo (ROCHA, BERGALLO & PECCININI-SEALE, 1997)

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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Lagartinho-de-Linhares, Lagartinho-Nativo 
SynonymCnemidophorus nativo ROCHA, BERGALLO & PECCININI-SEALE 1997: 376
Lacerta cyanomelas SCHINZ 1822 (nom. oblit.)
Teius cyanomelas WIED 1824 (nom. oblit.)
Ameivula nativo —HARVEY et al. 2012
Ameivula nativa — ARIAS et al. 2014 
DistributionE Brazil (Espírito Santo, Bahia [HR 30: 109, HR 33: 223])

Type locality: area of the Nativo do Paraju,Reserva Florestal da CompanhiaVale do Rio Doce, Municipality of Linhares, Espírito Santo State, 19°18' S, 40°19' W.  
ReproductionParthenogenetic 
TypesHolotype: MNRJ 4698 (Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro), mature female collected on 6 April 1995 by Carlos Frederico Duarte da Rocha. Paratypes: MNRJ 39545, 4713, 4715, 4718-4719, 4722, 4724-4725, 4730, 4732, 4734-4738, Linhares 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. A small sized teiid species (adults with 60-70 mm SVL), unisexual, characterized by two vivid white stripes at each side of dorsal region of the body (dorsal stripes diffuse in C. ocellifer); between these two lateral lines, the dark field is homogeneously deep black (a row of small, rounded light blue spots in C. ocellifer); a faint mid-dorsal light salmon stripe (absent in C. ocellifer); nostril completely inside anterior nasal (nostril usually in suture between anterior and posterior nasal plates in C. ocellifer); frontonasal consistently not divided (frontonasal frequently divided in C. ocellifer); femoral pores 11-13 (7-12 in C. ocellifer). (Rocha et al. 1997) 
CommentSynonymy: after MYERS et al. 2011.

Group: this species has been assigned to the ocellifer group, but cannot be assigned to any group fide ARIAS et al. 2011. In fact, it may be a hybrid between C. ocellifer and C. abaetensis. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin nativo (inhabitant), a noun in apposition, referring to the fact of the population being native to the small fragment of restinga habitat and also because the habitat where the population was found is locally called "campo nativo", which means native field. 
References
  • Andrade, H., Silva, L. M. D. V. C., Rocha, C. F. D., Argôlo, A. J. S., & dos Reis Dias, E. J. 2024. Potential distribution of endemic lizards from Brazilian restingas: The present announcing the end. Ecology and Evolution, 14(11), e11618 - get paper here
  • Arias, Federico Jose, Mauro Teixeira Junior, Renato Sousa Recoder, Celso Morato de Carvalho, Hussam Zaher and Miguel Trefault Rodrigues. 2014. Whiptail lizards in South America: A new Ameivula (Aquamata, Teiidae) from Planalto dos Gerais, Eastern Brazilian Cerrado. Amphibia-Reptilia 35 (2): 227-242 - get paper here
  • Arias, Federico; Celso Morato de Carvalho, Hussam Zaher, and Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2014. A New Species of Ameivula (Squamata, Teiidae) from Southern Espinhaço Mountain Range, Brazil. Copeia 2014 (1): 95–105 - get paper here
  • ARIAS, FEDERICO; CELSO MORATO DE CARVALHO, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES & HUSSAM ZAHER 2011. Two new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) from the Caatinga, Northwest Brazil. Zootaxa 2787: 37–54 - get paper here
  • Bérnils, Renato S.;Antônio de Pádua Almeida João Luiz Gasparini Ana Carolina Srbek-AraujoCarlos Frederico D. Rocha Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2014. RÉPTEIS NA RESERVA NATURAL VALE, LINHARES, ESPÍRITO SANTO, BRASIL. Ciência & Ambiente 49: 93-210 - get paper here
  • Castro, T.M. & Teixeira, R.L. 2007. Straßenverkehr als Bedrohung für die Amphibien und Reptilien des Atlantischen Regenwalds in Südost-Brasilien. Eine Fallstudie. Sauria 29 (2): 35-42 - get paper here
  • Da Silva, José Nilton, Silva-Soares, Thiago and De Azevedo, Cristiano Schetini 2016. Ameivula nativo (Linhare's Lizard) and Tropidurus torquatus (Amazon Lava Lizard) Predation. Herpetological Review 47 (4): 664 - get paper here
  • Freitas, Marco Antonio de 2014. Squamate reptiles of the Atlantic Forest of northern Bahia, Brazil. Check List 10 (5): 1020-1030 - get paper here
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • Guimarães, Lillian Jardim; Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo 2018. Attempted predation of Ameivula nativo by Tropidurus torquatus (Reptilia: Squamata, Sauria) with ingestion of tail fragments in southeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes 11: 709-713 - get paper here
  • HARVEY, MICHAEL B.; GABRIEL N. UGUETO & RONALD L. GUTBERLET, Jr. 2012. Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459: 1–156 - get paper here
  • Myers, Charles W.; Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, and Paulo E. Vanzolini 2011. Status of Early 19th-Century Names Authored in Parallel by Wied and Schinz for South American Reptiles and Amphibians, with Designations of Three Nomina Protecta. American Museum Novitates (3714): 1-21. - get paper here
  • PASSOS, P., RODRIGUES, R., PINNA, P. H., WOITOVICZ-CARDOSO, M. A. N. O. E. L. A., FERNANDES, R., & CARAMASCHI, U. 2025. Filling gaps between museum and society: An illustrated catalog of the primary type specimens of Squamata housed in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa 5698(1): 1-91 - get paper here
  • REEDER, T.W.; CHARLES J. COLE AND HERBERT C. DESSAUER 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships of Whiptail Lizards of the Genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae): A Test of Monophyly, Reevaluation of Karyotypic Evolution, and Review of Hybrid Origins. American Museum Novitates 3365: 1-64 - get paper here
  • Reis Dias, Eduardo, José dos, Carlos Frederico D. Rocha and Davor Vrcibradic 2002. New Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) from Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. Copeia 2002 (4) :928-937 - get paper here
  • Rocha, C. F. D; Bergallo, H. G.; Peccinini-Seale, D. 1997. Evidence of an unisexual population of the Brazilian whiptail lizard genus Cnemidophorus (Teiidae), with description of a new species. Herpetologica 53 (3): 374-382 - get paper here
  • Silva-Soares, T.; R.B. Ferreira; R.O.L. Salles; C.F.D. Rocha. 2011. Continental, insular and coastal marine reptiles from the municipality of Vitória, state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. Check List 7 (3): 290-298 - get paper here
 
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