The common ameiva (Pholidoscelis chrysolaemus) is a species of lizard endemic to Hispaniola and a number of smaller associated islands. It is known to engage in homosexual mating among males.
The common Puerto Rican ameiva, Puerto Rican ground lizard, or siguana común (Pholidoscelis exsul) is a species of lizard in the whiptail family.
The checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselatus) is a species of lizard found in the southwestern United States in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico, and in northern Mexico in Chihuahua and Coahuila. Many sources believe that the species originated...
For these animals, there is documented evidence of homosexual behavior of one or more of the following kinds: sex, courtship, affection, pair bonding, or parenting, as noted in researcher and author Bruce Bagemihl's 1999 book Biological Exuberance:...
Pholidoscelis wetmorei is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae (whiptails). The species is endemic to Puerto Rico. Its common names include the Puerto Rican blue-tailed ameiva, Wetmore's ameiva, blue-tailed ground lizard, and siguana de rabo...
Little Camanoe is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. The island provides habitat for the common Puerto Rican ameiva (Ameiva exsul), the crested anole (Anolis cristatellus wileyae), and the big-scaled least gecko...
The following are fauna species present at Toro Negro State Forest in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Pholidoscelis plei, known commonly as the Anguilla Bank ameiva or the Caribbean ameiva, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is found on the Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Saint Martin, and Saint Barthélemy in the Lesser...
The St. Christopher ameiva (Pholidoscelis erythrocephalus), also known as the orange-faced whiptail, orange-tailed ameiva or red-tailed ground lizard, is a species of lizard belonging to the family Teiidae, which includes the whiptails and related...
