Ameiva parecis (COLLI, COSTA, GARDA, KOPP, MESQUITA, PÉRES, VALDUJO, VIEIRA & WIEDERHECKER, 2003)

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Higher Taxa	Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	Portuguese: Calango, Calanguinho, Iguaninha, Lagarto
Synonym	Cnemidophorus parecis COLLI et al. 2003 Cnemidophorus parecis — ARIAS et al. 2011 Ameiva parecis — HARVEY et al. 2012
Distribution	Brazil (Rondônia) Type locality: Fazenda Cachoeira (12° 32’ 07” S, 60° 25’ 36” W), 50 km NW of Vilhena, Rondônia, Brazil, elevation 612 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UNB 09811 (also as CHUNB for the Coleção Herpetológica)
Diagnosis
Comment	Bisexual with sexual dimorphism. Group: this species belongs to the ocellifer group, however, this has been questioned by ARIAS et al. 2011. Distribution: Probably also in Bolivia (fide LANGSTROTH 2005). Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023).
Etymology	Named after the Western Brazilian highlands, Chapada dos Parecis which is named after the Paresi indigenous people.
References	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 Cavalcanti, Lucas B Q; Gabriel C Costa, Guarino R Colli, Eric R Pianka, Laurie J Vitt, Daniel O Mesquita 2023. Myrmecophagy in lizards: evolutionary and ecological implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023;, zlad175, - get paper here Colli, G.R. et al. 2003. A critically endangered new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata, Teiidae) from a Cerrado enclave in southwestern Amazonia, Brazil. Herpetologica 59 (1): 76-88 - get paper here Colli, Guarino R.; Lilian G. Giugliano, Daniel O. Mesquita, and Frederico G. R. França 2009. A NEW SPECIES OF CNEMIDOPHORUS FROM THE JALAPÃO REGION, IN THE CENTRAL BRAZILIAN CERRADO. Herpetologica 65 (3): 311-327 - get paper here Giugliano, L. G., Nogueira, C., Valdujo, P. H., Collevatti, R. G., Colli, G. R. 2013. Cryptic diversity in South American Teiinae (Squamata, Teiidae) lizards. Zoologica Scripta 42 (56): 473–487, doi:10.1111/zsc.12017 - get paper here Giugliano, L.G.; E.P.B. Contel, G.R. Colli 2006. Genetic variability and phylogenetic relationships of Cnemidophorus parecis (Squamata, Teiidae) from Cerrado isolates in southwestern Amazonia. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 34 (5): 383-391 - 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 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 Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128 Morato, Sérgio Augusto Abrahão; Guilherme Nunes Ferreira; Michela Rossane Cavilha Scupino (eds.) 2018. Herpetofauna da Amazônia Central: Estudos na FLONA de Saracá-Taquera. Curitiba, Pr: STCP Engenharia de Projetos Ltda.; Porto Trombetas, Pa: MRN – Mineração Rio do Norte S.A., 2018.<br>210p. - get paper here RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, MARCO A., SILVANA AMARAL 2016. Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. III. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae. Zootaxa 4205 (5): 401–430 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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