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Basic information
Ameiva ameiva
Amazon Racerunner
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyTeiids
GenusAmeivas
- Czech name
- Ameiva obecná
- English name
- Amazon Racerunner
- Alternative names
- Bico-Doce, Blue Ameiva, Calango, Calango-Bico-Doce, Calango-Tijibu, Calango-Verde, Camaleão-Ferro, Giant Ameiva, Green Jungle Runner, Jacaré-Pinima, Lagarto, Lagarto-Verde, Neotropical Ameiva, Sardão-Grande, South American Ground Lizard, Tejubina, Tijibu, Tijubina, Zandolie
- Synonyms
- Ameiva ameiva bilineata, Ameiva americana, Ameiva bifrontata, Ameiva guttata, Ameiva laeta, Ameiva maculata, Ameiva petersii, Ameiva pleurotaenia, Ameiva surinamensis, Ameiva vulgaris, Cnemidophorus roeschmanni, Lacerta ameira, Lacerta ameiva, Lacerta americana, Lacerta graphica, Lacerta litterata, Lacerta surinamensis, Lacerta tigrina ceilonica, Lacerta tristriata, Lacertus varius americanus, Seps surinamensis, Seps zeylanicus, Teius tritaeniatus, Tejus tritaeniatus
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Savanna, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 128 mm
- Body mass
- max 64.6 g
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body temperature
- 38.8–38.8 °C
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–3 individuals
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · CQKP · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 10367 · dryad-v5
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 10371 · dryad-v5