Martinique giant ameiva
The Martinique giant ameiva (Pholidoscelis major) was a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. It is believed to have been endemic to Martinique, though at least one scholar disputes this, instead placing it on Les Iles de la Petite Terre within the Guadeloupean archipelago.[2] It is known only from museum specimens collected by early European explorers. Its extinction may have been caused by a hurricane, or through the introduction of predatory species to the island.
| Martinique giant ameiva | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Teiidae |
| Genus: | Pholidoscelis |
| Species: | †P. major |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pholidoscelis major Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | |
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| Location of Martinique | |
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References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Ameiva major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 2014-06-20.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Powell & Henderson 2005, p. 66, attributing this view to Breuil, 2002.
- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd, pp. 89, 109, ISBN 0-333-69141-5
- Powell, Robert; Henderson, Robert W. (2005), "Conservation Status of Lesser Antillean Reptiles", Iguana, 12 (2): 63–77
External links
- Pholidoscelis major at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Pholidoscelis major at the Reptile Database
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