Ameiva Incertae

Harvey, Michael B., Ugueto, Gabriel N. & Gutberlet, Ronald L., 2012, 3459, Zootaxa 3459, pp. 1-156 : 93

Ameiva Incertae Sedis

Remarks.— Although they are clearly species of Ameiva , we refrain from assigning Ameiva concolor Ruthven and A. parecis (Colli et al.) to species group.

Ameiva parecis is known only from Fazenda Cachoeira, 50 km NW of Vilhena, Estado de Rondônia, Brazil. It most closely resembles species of the A. ameiva Group. Unfortunately many important characters were not mentioned in the original description or in a subsequent publication ( Giugliano et al. 2006) about this rare species. To our knowledge, it remains known from the type series and a few other specimens in Brazilian museums. Ameiva concolor resembles species in the A. bifrontata Group in overall habitus. As mentioned above, this species was assigned to the A. ameiva Group by a phylogenetic analysis of all characters, but assigned to the A. bifrontata Group when meristic characters were excluded.