Common ameiva

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Common ameiva

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Teiidae
Genus: Ameiva
Species: A. ameiva
Binomial name
Ameiva ameiva

The Common ameiva (Ameiva ameiva) is a species of lizard in the genus Ameiva. They grow to around 45-50 cm with a streamlined body and pointed head. Both sexes are brown with irregular black spots but the male has a bright green area in the centre of his back. They live on the forest floor in northern south america, often sheltering in underneath logs and in leaf litter. The common ameiva's diet consists of mainly insects, frogs, spiders. The female lays several clutches of eggs during March to December.

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