Holcosus niceforoi (DUNN, 1943)

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Higher Taxa	Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ameiva festiva niceforoi DUNN 1943 Ameiva festiva niceforoi — PETERS et al. 1970: 22 Ameiva niceforoi — ECHTERNACHT 1970 Holcosus niceforoi — HARVEY et al. 2012
Distribution	Colombia (Tolima) Type locality: Sasaima, 75 km NW of Bogotá, Colombia, elevation 1200 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ANSP 24300
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the collector of the type, Hermano Niceforó Maria.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Dunn,E.R. 1943. A new race of Ameiva festiva from Colombia. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) 126: 1-2 Echternacht, Arthur C. 1970. Taxonomic and ecological notes on some Middle and South American lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae). Breviora (354): 1-9 - 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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