Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852) is a animal in the Teiidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Ameiva praesignis is a teiid lizard species with common names giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner, found in Central and northern South America.

Family
Genus
Ameiva
Order
Class
Squamata

About Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Ameiva praesignis, a species of teiid lizard, has the common names giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner. It occurs in Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia. Its scientific name is Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852).

Photo: (c) Russ Hoverman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Russ Hoverman · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Teiidae Ameiva

More from Teiidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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