{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{Speciesbox | image = Medopheos edracanthus.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Aguilar, C. |author-link=César Augusto Aguilar Puntriano |author2=Venegas, P. |author2-link=Pablo Javier Venegas-Ibáñez |author3=Yánez-Muñoz, M. |author3-link=Mario Humberto Yánez-Muñoz |author4=Perez, J. |author5=Lehr, E. |author5-link=Edgar Lehr |year=2016 |title=''Medopheos edracantha'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T50012489A50012646 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50012489A50012646.en |access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref> | parent_authority = Harvey, Ugueto & Gutberlet, 2012 | taxon = Medopheos edracanthus | authority = (Bocourt, 1874) | synonyms = *''Ameiva edracantha'' <br />{{small|Bocourt, 1870}} *''Cnemidophorus armatulus'' <br />{{small|Cope, 1875}} *''Medopheos edracantha'' <br />{{small|(Bocourt, 1870)}} *''Verticaria hedracantha'' [sic] <br />{{small|(Bocourt, 1870)}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/> }}

'''Bocourt's ameiva''' ('''''Medopheos edracanthus''''') is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to northwestern South America. It is the only species in the genus '''''Medopheos'''''.

==Geographic range== ''M. edracanthus'' is found in Ecuador and Peru.<ref name=RDB/>

==Habitat== ''M. edracanthus'' is found in a variety of habitats, including desert, grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to {{cvt|2,335|m|ft}}.<ref name=iucn/>

==Behavior== ''M. edracanthus'' is terrestrial and diurnal.<ref name=iucn/>

==Diet== ''M. edracanthus'' preys upon arthropods.<ref name=iucn/>

==Reproduction== ''M. edracanthus'' is oviparous.<ref name=RDB/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Medopheos|species=edracanthus|access-date=5 December 2016}}</ref> }}

==Further reading== *Bocourt MF (1874). "''Deux notes sur quelques sauriens de l'Amérique tropicale''". ''Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Cinquième Série'' '''19''' (4): 1–5. (''Ameiva edracantha'', new species, pp. 3–5). (in French). *Boulenger GA (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teidæ'' ...'''.''' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (''Ameiva edracantha'', p. 349). *Cope ED (1875). "Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon, and western Peru". ''Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Second Series'' '''8''': 159–183. (''Cnemidophorus armatulus'', new species, pp. 164–165). *Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". ''Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society'' '''22''': 167–194. (''Verticaria hedracantha'', new combination and altered spelling of specific name, p. 172). *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''': 1–156. (''Medopheos'', new genus; ''M. edracantha'', new combination).

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Category:Teiidae Category:Reptiles described in 1874 Category:Taxa named by Marie Firmin Bocourt

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