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Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852) is a animal in the Teiidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Ameiva praesignis is a teiid lizard species with common names giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner, found in Central and northern South America.

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Family
Genus
Ameiva
Order
Class
Squamata

About Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Common Names

Ameiva praesignis, a species of teiid lizard, has the common names giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner.

Geographic Distribution

It occurs in Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia.

Scientific Nomenclature

Its scientific name is Ameiva praesignis (Baird & Girard, 1852).

Photo: (c) Russ Hoverman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Russ Hoverman · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Teiidae Ameiva

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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