Khaki ameiva
Ameiva bifrontata Cope, 1862
Status not recordedlizards
The khaki ameiva (Ameiva bifrontata) is a species in the family Teiidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 20.7 g and reach 8.9 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the khaki ameiva
- Weight
- 20.7 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 8.9 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the khaki ameiva?
Where does the khaki ameiva live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the khaki ameiva as introduced in 1 country.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the khaki ameiva endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the khaki ameiva classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyTeiidae
- genusAmeiva
- SpeciesAmeiva bifrontata Cope, 1862
Synonyms Cnemidophorus divisus
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Cope's ameivaEnglish
- Jungle runnerEnglish
- FloemPapiamento
- Koffie ku lechiPapiamento
- VloemPapiamento
Relatives of the khaki ameiva
Other species in the same genus Ameiva.
CompareKhaki ameiva vs ZandolieKhaki ameiva vs Giant ameivaKhaki ameiva vs Ameiva parecisKhaki ameiva vs Giant ameiva
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the khaki ameiva?
An adult khaki ameiva weighs 20.7 g and measures 8.9 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the khaki ameiva an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the khaki ameiva as introduced in 1 country: Venezuela, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the khaki ameiva?
The khaki ameiva (Ameiva bifrontata) belongs to the family Teiidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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