Ameiva parecis (Colli, Costa, Garda, Kopp, Mesquita, Péres Jr, Valdujo, Vieira & Wiederhecker 2003), Colli, Costa, Garda, Kopp, Mesquita, Peres Jr, Valdujo, Vieira & Wiederhecker, 2003

Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Amaral, Silvana, 2016, Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. III. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae, Zootaxa 4205 (5), pp. 401-430 : 410

Ameiva parecis (Colli, Costa, Garda, Kopp, Mesquita, Péres Jr, Valdujo, Vieira & Wiederhecker 2003)

Type-locality. Fazenda Cachoeira , 50 km NW of Vilhena, state of Rondônia, Brazil, alt. 612 m (12°32’07”S, 60°25’36”W).

Pertinent taxonomic references. Colli et al. (2003a, 2003b, 2009), Giugliano et al. (2006, 2013), Harvey et al. (2012).

Distribution and habitat. Ameiva parecis is endemic to enclaves of open vegetation in the states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso, Brazil, in southern Amazonia ( Fig. 5 ). It is terrestrial and diurnal, inhabits cerrado vegetation surrounded by terra firme forest, where it is found on open sandy soil and under shrubs ( Colli et al. 2003a).

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FIGURE 5. Distribution of examined material of Ameiva parecis, Cnemidophorus cryptus, and Cnemidophorus sp. 1.