| Holcosus | |
|---|---|
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| Rainbow ameiva (Holcosus undulatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Subfamily: | Teiinae |
| Genus: | Holcosus Cope, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Holcosus septemlineatus | |
Holcosus is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae.
Species of the genus Holcosus are found in southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. [1]
These 18 species are recognized as being valid. [1] Binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Holcosus.
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holcosus amphigrammus (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1945) | rainbow ameiva | Mexico. | |
| Holcosus anomalus (Echternacht, 1977) | Echternacht's ameiva | Colombia. | |
| Holcosus bridgesii Cope, 1869 | Bridges's ameiva | southern Colombia (Nariño Department and Gorgona Island) and northwestern Ecuador (Carchi Province and Esmeraldas Province). | |
| Holcosus chaitzami (Stuart, 1942) | Chaitzam's ameiva | Guatemala and in the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas. | |
| Holcosus festivus (Lichtenstein, 1856) | Middle American ameiva | southern Mexico to Colombia | |
| Holcosus gaigeae (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946) | rainbow ameiva | Mexico. | |
| Holcosus hartwegi (H.M. Smith, 1940) | rainbow ameiva | Guatemala and Mexico. | |
 | Holcosus leptophrys (Cope, 1893) | delicate ameiva, delicate whiptail | Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. |
| Holcosus niceforoi (Dunn, 1943) | Colombia. | ||
| Holcosus orcesi (J. Peters, 1964) | Peters's ameiva | Ecuador. | |
| Holcosus parvus (Barbour & Noble, 1915) | rainbow ameiva | Costa Rica and Mexico. | |
| Holcosus pulcher (Hallowell, 1861) | Costa Rica and Honduras. | ||
 | Holcosus quadrilineatus (Hallowell, 1861) | four-lined ameiva | western Panama, Costa Rica, and southeastern Nicaragua |
| Holcosus septemlineatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) | seven-lined ameiva | Colombia and Ecuador. | |
| Holcosus sinister (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946) | rainbow ameiva | Mexico | |
| Holcosus stuarti (H.M. Smith, 1940) | rainbow ameiva | Mexico. | |
| Holcosus thomasi (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946) | rainbow ameiva | Guatemala and Chiapas Mexico . | |
 | Holcosus undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834) | rainbow ameiva | Mexico. |
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