Species of lizard
Ameiva ameiva
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Adult, eating a bee
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Juvenile
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Reptilia
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Order:
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Squamata
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Family:
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Teiidae
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Genus:
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Ameiva
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Species:
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A. ameiva
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Binomial name
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Ameiva ameiva
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Subspecies
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Ameiva ameiva ameiva
Ameiva ameiva fischeri
Ameiva ameiva fulginosa
Ameiva ameiva laeta
Ameiva ameiva melanocephala
Ameiva ameiva ornata
Ameiva ameiva petersi
Ameiva ameiva praesignis
Ameiva ameiva vogli
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Synonyms
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- Lacerta ameiva Linnaeus, 1758
- Ameiva ameiva bilineata
- Ameiva ameiva petersi
- Ameiva americana
- Ameiva bifrontata
- Ameiva guttata
- Ameiva litterata
- Ameiva panchlora
- Ameiva pleurotaenia
- Ameiva surinamensis
- Ameiva surinamensis var. aquilina
- Ameiva surinamensis var. atrigularis
- Ameiva vulgaris
- Cnemidophorus maculatus
- Lacerta ameiva
- Lacerta graphica
- Lacerta litterata
- Lacerta tristriata
- Seps surinamensis
- Teius tritaeniatus
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Ameiva ameiva, also known as the giant ameiva, green ameiva, South American ground lizard, or Amazon racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae found in Central and South America, and some Caribbean Islands.