The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Ameiva polops

 – Critically Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: REPTILIA
Order: SQUAMATA
Family: TEIIDAE
Scientific Name: Ameiva polops
Species Authority: Cope, 1863
Common Name/s:
EnglishSAINT CROIX GROUND LIZARD, ST. CROIX GROUND LIZARD

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: CR B1+2ae    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Nellis, D.
History:
1986-Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988-Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990-Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1994-Endangered (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Virgin Islands, U.S.

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.


Citation: Nellis, D. 1996. Ameiva polops. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 September 2008.
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