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 meracula SCHWARTZ 1966 Pholidoscelis lineolatus perplicata SCHWARTZ 1966 Pholidoscelis lineolatus privigna SCHWARTZ 1966 Pholidoscelis lineolatus semota 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 meracula SCHWARTZ 1966 Ameiva lineolata meracula SCHWARTZ 1966: 51 Ameiva lineolata meracula — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Pholidoscelis lineolatus perplicata 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 semota 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 | DESCRIPTION: Size small (SVL in males to 59 mm, in females to 54 mm); dorsal caudal scales smooth and oblique; ventral scales 8-10 (strongly modally 8) in a transverse row and 26-33 in a longitudinal row; fourth toe subdigital scales 57-77 (combined counts for both fourth toes); femoral pores 23-35 (combined counts for both series); fifteenth caudal verticil with 14-21 scales. Dorsum strongly lineate with 9-14 black longitudinal lines, separated by cream to buffy longitudinal lines on trunk, reduced to 6-9 black lines on neck just posterior to auricular opening, and to 6-10 on sacrum between hindlimbs; head pattern either: (a) a diamond-shaped pale figure on snout, or (b) black ground with continuation of some of the pale dorsal lines as far anterior as snout; hindlimbs dotted with black and white or lined on upper surfaces; forelimbs with a lineate, black-and-white pattern; hands and feet blue; tail bright, electric blue to greenish blue, the dorsal black and pale stripes continuing onto tail proximally; venter white to pinkish or pale, clear blue (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 195). Comparisons: Harvey et al. 2012: 91 (Table 6) |
| Comment | Illustrations: Hassler, 1930; Cochran, 1941; Schwartz, 1966. Subspecies: HARVEY et al. 2012 do not list any subspecies of this species. |
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