{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Automatic taxobox | image=Ameivula ocellifera in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park - ZooKeys-246-051-g005-H.jpeg |image_caption = ''Ameivula ocellifera'' in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Maranhão State, northeastern Brazil. Photo by J. P. Miranda. | taxon = Ameivula | authority= Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012 }}

'''''Ameivula''''' is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. The genus is endemic to South America. Many species in the genus ''Ameivula'' were previously listed in the genus ''Cnemidophorus''.

==Species== The following 11 species, listed alphabetically, are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Ameivula}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref> *''Ameivula abalosi'' {{small|(Cabrera, 2012)}} *''Ameivula apipensis'' {{small|Arias, Recoder, Álvarez, Etchepare, Quipildor, Lobo & Rodrigues, 2018}} *''Ameivula cipoensis'' {{small|Arias, Carvalho, Zaher & Rodrigues, 2014}} *''Ameivula confusioniba'' {{small|(Arias, Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)}} *''Ameivula jalapensis'' {{small|(Colli, Giugliano, Mesquita & França, 2009)}} *''Ameivula mumbuca'' {{small|(Colli et al., 2003)}} *''Ameivula nativo'' {{small|(Rocha, Bergallo & Peccinini-Seale, 1997)}} *''Ameivula nigrigula'' {{small|(Arias, Carvalho, Rodrigues & Zaher, 2011)}} *''Ameivula ocellifera'' {{small|(Spix, 1825)}} – Spix's whiptail *''Ameivula pyrrhogularis'' {{small|(Basto da Silva & Ávila-Pires, 2013)}} *''Ameivula xacriaba'' {{small|Arias, Teixeira Jr., Recoder, Carvalho, Zaher & Rodrigues, 2014}}

''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Ameivula''.

==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *Harvey MB, Ugueto GN, Gutberlet RL Jr (2012). "Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". ''Zootaxa'' '''3459''' (1): 1–156. (''Ameivula'', new genus).

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Category:Ameivula Category:Lizard genera Category:Taxa named by Michael B. Harvey Category:Taxa named by Gabriel N. Ugueto Category:Taxa named by Ronald L. Gutberlet Jr.

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