Holcosus


Holcosus is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae.

Geographic range

of the genus Holcosus are found in southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.

Species

These 18 species are recognized as being valid. Binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Holcosus.
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Holcosus amphigrammus rainbow ameivaMexico.
Holcosus anomalus Echternacht's ameivaColombia.
Holcosus bridgesii Edward [Drinker Cope|Cope], 1869Bridges's ameivasouthern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.
Holcosus chaitzami Chaitzam's ameivaGuatemala and in the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas.
Holcosus festivus Middle American ameivasouthern Mexico to Colombia
Holcosus gaigeae rainbow ameivaMexico.
Holcosus hartwegi rainbow ameivaGuatemala and Mexico.
Holcosus leptophrys delicate ameiva, delicate whiptailColombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Holcosus niceforoi Colombia.
Holcosus orcesi Peters's ameivaEcuador.
Holcosus parvus rainbow ameivaCosta Rica and Mexico.
Holcosus pulcher Costa Rica and Honduras.
Holcosus quadrilineatus four-lined ameivawestern Panama, Costa Rica, and southeastern Nicaragua
Holcosus septemlineatus seven-lined ameivaColombia and Ecuador.
Holcosus sinister rainbow ameivaMexico
Holcosus stuarti rainbow ameivaMexico.
Holcosus thomasi rainbow ameivaGuatemala and Chiapas Mexico.
Holcosus undulatus rainbow ameivaMexico.