Holcosus is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae.
Geographic range
Species 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.
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Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Holcosus amphigrammus (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1945)
rainbow ameiva
Mexico.
Holcosus anomalus (Echternacht, 1977)
Echternacht's ameiva
Colombia.
Holcosus bridgesii Cope, 1869
Bridges's ameiva
southern Colombia (Nariño Department and Gorgona Island) and northwestern Ecuador (Carchi Province and Esmeraldas Province).
Holcosus chaitzami (Stuart, 1942)
Chaitzam's ameiva
Guatemala and in the southernmost Mexican state of Chiapas.
Holcosus festivus (Lichtenstein, 1856)
Middle American ameiva
southern Mexico to Colombia
Holcosus gaigeae (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946)
rainbow ameiva
Mexico.
Holcosus hartwegi (H.M. Smith, 1940)
rainbow ameiva
Guatemala and Mexico.
Holcosus leptophrys (Cope, 1893)
delicate ameiva, delicate whiptail
Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Holcosus niceforoi (Dunn, 1943)
Colombia.
Holcosus orcesi (J. Peters, 1964)
Peters's ameiva
Ecuador.
Holcosus parvus (Barbour & Noble, 1915)
rainbow ameiva
Costa Rica and Mexico.
Holcosus pulcher (Hallowell, 1861)
Costa Rica and Honduras.
Holcosus quadrilineatus (Hallowell, 1861)
four-lined ameiva
western Panama, Costa Rica, and southeastern Nicaragua
Holcosus septemlineatus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
seven-lined ameiva
Colombia and Ecuador.
Holcosus sinister (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946)
rainbow ameiva
Mexico
Holcosus stuarti (H.M. Smith, 1940)
rainbow ameiva
Mexico.
Holcosus thomasi (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1946)
rainbow ameiva
Guatemala and Chiapas Mexico .
Holcosus undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834)
rainbow ameiva
Mexico.
