The Guadeloupe ameiva (Pholidoscelis cineraceus) was a species of Teiidae lizards 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. It was last recorded in 1914.[1] Its extinction likely occurred when this area was decimated by a hurricane in 1928.[3] The Guadeloupe ameiva was reported as a ground-dwelling lizard. It fed on plants and carrion (including dead individuals of its species).[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Pholidoscelis |
| Species: | †P. cineraceus
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| †Pholidoscelis cineraceus | |
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Ameiva cineracea Barbour & Noble, 1915 | |
Taxonomy
editThe Guadeloupe ameiva described in 1915 as Ameiva cineracea.[2] The type locality is Grand Ilet offshore of Petit-Bourg on the east coast of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe.[2] In 2016, the species was moved to Pholidoscelis based on genetic sequencing and phylogenetic analyses.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Dewynter, M. (2017). "Pholidoscelis cineraceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T1119A121639617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T1119A121639617.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Pholidoscelis cineraceus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-29.
- ^ Lorvelec, Olivier; Pascal, Michel; Pavis, Claudie & Feldmann, Philippe (2007), "Amphibians and reptiles of the French West Indies: Inventory, threats and conservation", Applied Herpetology, 4 (2): 131–161, doi:10.1163/157075407780681356, S2CID 54651514
- ^ Goicoechea, Noemí; Frost, Darrel R.; De la Riva, Ignacio; Pellegrino, Katia C. M.; Sites, Jack; Rodrigues, Miguel T.; Padial, José M. (December 2016). "Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment". Cladistics. 32 (6): 624–671. doi:10.1111/cla.12150. PMID 34727678.
Further reading
edit- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd, pp. 72–74, ISBN 0-333-69141-5
- Powell, Robert; Henderson, Robert W. (2005), "Conservation Status of Lesser Antillean Reptiles", Iguana, 12 (2): 63–77