Pholidoscelis lineolatus (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839)
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Pholidoscelis lineolatus
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| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Pholidoscelis lineolatus lineolatus (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839) Pholidoscelis lineolatus beatensis NOBLE 1923 Pholidoscelis lineolatus meraculus SCHWARTZ 1966 Pholidoscelis lineolatus perplicatus SCHWARTZ 1966 Pholidoscelis lineolatus privigna SCHWARTZ 1966 Pholidoscelis lineolatus semotus SCHWARTZ 1966 |
| Common Names | E: Pygmy Blue-tailed Groundlizard, Pigmy blue-tailed ameiva, Dwarf Teiid |
| Synonym | Ameiva lineolata DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 119 Ameiva lineolata — COPE 1862: 64 Ameiva lineolata — BOULENGER 1885: 349 Ameiva lineolata — SCHMIDT 1921: 17 Ameiva lineolata — MERTENS 1938 Ameiva lineolata — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 195 Ameiva lineolata — HOWER & HEDGES 2003 Ameiva lineolata — HARVEY et al. 2012 Pholidoscelis lineolata — GOICOECHEA et al. 2016 Pholidoscelis lineolatus — TUCKER et al. 2016 Pholidoscelis lineolatus beatensis NOBLE 1923 Ameiva beatensis NOBLE 1923 Ameiva lineolata beatensis — MERTENS 1939 Ameiva lineolata beatensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Pholidoscelis lineolatus meraculus SCHWARTZ 1966 Ameiva lineolata meracula SCHWARTZ 1966: 51 Ameiva lineolata meracula — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Pholidoscelis lineolatus perplicatus SCHWARTZ 1966 Ameiva lineolata perplicata SCHWARTZ, 1966: 49 Ameiva lineolata perplicata — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Pholidoscelis lineolatus privigna SCHWARTZ 1966 Ameiva lineolata privigna SCHWARTZ 1966: 55 Ameiva lineolata privigna — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Pholidoscelis lineolatus semotus SCHWARTZ 1966 Ameiva lineolata semota SCHWARTZ 1966: 53 Ameiva lineolata semota — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 |
| Distribution | Hispaniola, Isla Beata, Isla Cabras, Isla Catalina, Isla Cabritos Ameiva lineolata lineolata: Hispaniola, northwestern Haiti south to the type-locality, east across Plaine de Cul de Sac-Valle de Neiba into Llanos de Azua, República Dominicana; Valle de San Juan; vicinity of Mirebalais, Haiti; Isla Cabritos in Lago Enriquillo; lle à Cabrit. Type locality: St.-Domingue; restricted by Schwartz, 1966b, to the Plaine de Cul de Sac in the vicinity of Port-au-Prince, Département de l'Ouest, Haiti. beatensis: Isla Beata. Type locality: Isla Beata, Republica Dominicana meracula: Valle de Cibao in northwestern República Dominicana; Isla Cabras. Type locality: Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi Province, Republica Dominicana. perplicata: Haiti, Presqu'ile du Nord-Guest. Type locality: Mole St.-Nicholas, Departement du Nord-Ouest, Haiti. privigna: southeastern Haiti, east across Peninsula de Barahona. Type locality: 5 km N Pedernales, Pedernales Province, Republica Dominicana semota: Isla Catalina. Type locality: Isla Catalina, La Romana Province, Republica Dominicana. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 2644 Holotype: AMNH 24328 [beatensis] Holotype: AMNH 39486 [meracula] Holotype: MCZ 63344 [perplicata] Holotype: MCZ 77223 [privigna] Holotype: MCZ 77222 [semota] |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1145 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Illustrations: Hassler, 1930; Cochran, 1941; Schwartz, 1966. Subspecies: HARVEY et al. 2012 do not list any subspecies of this species. |
| Etymology | P. lineolatus presumably is from the Latin lineola (= feminine diminutive for lined), an obvious reference to the many light longitudinal lines that characterize the dorsal pattern of this species; Gotch (1986) added the suffix -atus (= provided with). P. lineolatus beatensis refers to Isla Beata, the type locality and entire known range of this subspecies. P. lineolatus meracula is from the Latin (= pure), possibly because the coloration of the head and snout are consistent within this subspecies — as opposed to being variable in P. l. lineolatus. P. lineolatus perplicata is from the Latin (= confused) and alludes to the entangled or involved situation encountered by Schwartz (1965) when naming the Môle St. Nicholas series. P. lineolatus privigna is from the Latin (= stepdaughter), possibly a reference to the conclusion that the ancestors of the species were separated into North and South Island forms, with the latter (P. l. beatensis and P. l. privigna) trapped to the south of the Sierra de Baoruco and the Massif de la Selle. P. lineolatus semota is from the Latin (= isolated), presumably a reference to the consistent differences between this subspecies as an isolated outlier on Isla Catalina. |
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