Auber's ameiva

Auber's ameiva
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Teiidae
Genus:	Pholidoscelis
Species:	P. auberi
Binomial name
Pholidoscelis auberi (Cocteau, 1838)
Synonyms [2]
Ameiva auberi Cocteau, 1838 Pholidoscelis auberi — Goicoechea et al., 2016

Auber's ameiva (Pholidoscelis auberi), also known commonly as the Cuban ameiva, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to the Bahamas and Cuba. ^[2] There are 40 recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, auberi, is in honor of Cuban botanist Pedro Alejandro Auber (1786–1843). ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. auberi are shrubland and forest. ^[1]

Diet

P. auberi preys upon invertebrates. ^[1]

Reproduction

P. auberi is oviparous. ^[2]

Subspecies

Including the nominotypical subspecies, 40 subspecies of P. auberi are recognized as being valid. 25 of these subspecies are found on Cuba and its associated islets. ^[2]

References

1. Buckner S, Reynolds RG, Fong A (2017). "Pholidoscelis auberi (amended version of 2017 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T50008994A121638955. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T50008994A121638955.en. Downloaded on 02 July 2019.
2. Pholidoscelis auberi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 2 July 2019.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ameiva auberi, p. 12).

Further reading

• Cocteau [J-T], Bibron [G] (1838). "Reptiles ". pp. 1–143. In: de la Sagra R (1838). Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. 255 pp. (Ameiva auberi Cocteau, new species, pp. 51–55). (in Latin and Spanish).
• Goicoechea N, Frost DR, De la Riva I, Pellegrino KCM, Sites J Jr, Rodrigues MT, Padial JM (2016). "Molecular systematics of Teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics32 (6): 624–671. (Pholidoscelis auberi, new combination).
• Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Ameiva auberi, pp. 50–54).