Pholidoscelis is a genus of lizards that belongs to the family Teiidae. All species are endemic to the West Indies.
Classification Listed alphabetically.Pholidoscelis, The Reptile Database Pholidoscelis alboguttatus – Mona ground lizard, Mona ameiva Pholidoscelis atratus – Redonda ameiva Pholidoscelis auberi – Auber's ameiva, Cuban ameiva Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus – common ameiva, Hispaniolan giant ameiva †Pholidoscelis cineraceus – Guadeloupe ameiva (extinct) Pholidoscelis corax – Censky's ameiva, Anguilla black ameiva, Little Scrub Island ground lizard Pholidoscelis corvinus – Sombrero ameiva Pholidoscelis desechensis – Desecheo ground lizard Pholidoscelis dorsalis – Jamaica ameiva Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus – St. Christopher ameiva Pholidoscelis exsul – common Puerto Rican ameiva Pholidoscelis fuscatus – Dominican ameiva Pholidoscelis griswoldi – Antiguan ameiva, Griswold's ameiva Pholidoscelis lineolatus – Pigmy blue-tailed ameiva, dwarf teiid †Pholidoscelis major – Martinique ameiva, Martinique giant ameiva Pholidoscelis maynardi – Great Inagua ameiva Pholidoscelis plei – Anguilla Bank ameiva Pholidoscelis pluvianotatus – Montserrat ameiva Pholidoscelis polops – St. Croix ameiva, St. Croix ground lizard Pholidoscelis taeniurus – Hispaniolan blue-tailed ameiva, Haitian ameiva Pholidoscelis wetmorei – Puerto Rican blue-tailed ameiva, Wetmore's ameiva
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pholidiscelis.
References
Further reading Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Pholidoscelis, new genus, p. 20). (in Latin).