Ameiva cineracea
Encyclopedia
The Guadeloupe Ameiva was a species of Teiidae
lizard
that was endemic to Guadeloupe
. It is known from specimens collected by early European explorers. The fossil record shows that it once ranged across Guadeloupe, La Désirade
, Marie-Galante
, and Îles des Saintes
, but in most recent times it was restricted to Grand Ilet, just offshore of Petit-Bourg
. Its extinction likely occurred when this area was decimated by a hurricane in 1928.
Teiidae
Teiidae is a family of lizards native to the Americas, generally known as whiptails. The group includes the parthenogenic genera Cnemidophorus and Aspidoscelis, and the non-parthenogenic Tupinambis. It has over 230 member species in ten genera...
lizard
Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
that was endemic to Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
. It is known from specimens collected by early European explorers. The fossil record shows that it once ranged across Guadeloupe, La Désirade
La Désirade
La Désirade is a French West Indies island located at the eastern of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles.It has a land area of 20.64 km² and a population of 1,595 in 2006 , with a population density of 77 inh. per km² in 2006...
, Marie-Galante
Marie-Galante
Marie-Galante is an island of the Caribbean Sea located at the south of Guadeloupe and at north of Dominica. Marie-Galante is a dependence of Guadeloupe which is a french overseas department....
, and Îles des Saintes
Îles des Saintes
The Îles des Saintes , also called simply Les Saintes , is a small archipelago of French Antilles located in the South of Basse-Terre Island, on the West of Marie-Galante and in the North of Dominica in the arc of Lesser Antilles...
, but in most recent times it was restricted to Grand Ilet, just offshore of Petit-Bourg
Petit-Bourg
Petit-Bourg is the seventh-largest commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located on the east side of the island of Basse-Terre, and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest metropolitan area in Guadeloupe....
. Its extinction likely occurred when this area was decimated by a hurricane in 1928.
External links
- Ameiva cineracea at the Encyclopedia of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeThe Encyclopedia of Life is a free, online collaborative encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.9 million living species known to science. It is compiled from existing databases and from contributions by experts and non-experts throughout the world...
- Ameiva cineracea at the Reptile Database