#1721 · 🦎 reptiles

Giant Ameiva

🇳🇱 Gewone Ameiva ·Ameiva ameiva

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ben Machado · CC BY 4.0
2. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Chuangzao · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © dittz · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Aitor · CC BY 4.0
6. © Arthur Chapman · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Allan Hopkins · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil · CC BY 4.0
9. © Arthur Chapman · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Ameiva ameiva , also known as the giant ameiva , green ameiva , South American ground lizard , or Amazon racerunner , is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae found in Central and South America and some Caribbean Islands.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,589iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,589 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).