The common Puerto Rican ameiva, Puerto Rican ground lizard, or siguana común (Pholidoscelis exsul) is a species of lizard in the whiptail family.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common Puerto Rican Ameiva being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus
- Pholidoscelis plei
- Pholidoscelis fuscatus
- Ameiva praesignis
- Ameiva tobagana
- Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Teiidae
- Genus
- Pholidoscelis
- Species
- Pholidoscelis exsul
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