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Zandolie

Ameiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedlizards

The zandolie (Ameiva ameiva) is a species in the family Teiidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 56.2 g to 107.9 g, reach 12.5 cm in length and live up to 4.6 years.

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Quick facts about the zandolie

Weight
56.2 g – 107.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
11.9 cm – 12.5 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
4.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
4.7 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
135 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.5 – 11src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
6 months – 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1 – 3src for Litters or clutches a year
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 zandolie?

ZANDOLIE · LENGTH 12.5 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 12.5 cm, the recorded maximum length of the zandolie is about 7.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the zandolie live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the zandolie as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Mexicoinvasive
  2. Barbados
  3. United States

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 zandolie 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 zandolie classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyTeiidae
  6. genusAmeiva
  7. SpeciesAmeiva ameiva (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Ameiva ameiva ameiva, Ameiva ameiva bilineata, Ameiva americana, Ameiva bifrontata, Ameiva guttata, Ameiva laeta, Ameiva maculata, Ameiva petersii, Ameiva pleurotaenia, Ameiva surinamensis, Ameiva surinamensis, Ameiva vulgaris, Cnemidophorus roeschmanni, Lacerta ameira, Lacerta ameiva, Lacerta americana, Lacerta graphica, Lacerta litterata, Lacerta surinamensis, Lacerta tigrina ceilonica, Lacerta tristriata, Lacertus varius americanus, Seps surinamensis, Seps zeylanicus, Teius tritaeniatus, Tejus tritaeniatus

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Amazon racerunnerEnglish
  • Blue ameivaEnglish
  • Giant ameivaEnglish
  • Green jungle runnerEnglish
  • Neotropical ameivaEnglish
  • South American ground lizardEnglish
  • ameiva obecnáCzech
  • Sydamerikansk KæmpeameivaDanish
  • AmeiveGerman
  • Grüne AmeiveGerman
  • Ameiva giganteSpanish
  • Lagarto verdeSpanish
  • Ameive communFrench
  • Ameive commun (L')French
  • コモンアミーバJapanese
  • Gewone AmeivaDutch
  • Amejwa zielonaPolish
  • TijibuPortuguese
  • Bico-DocePortuguese
  • CalangoPortuguese
  • Calango-Bico-DocePortuguese
  • Calango-SadanhaPortuguese
  • Calango-TijibuPortuguese
  • Calango-VerdePortuguese
  • Camaleão-FerroPortuguese
  • Jacaré-PinimaPortuguese
  • LagartoPortuguese
  • Lagarto-VerdePortuguese
  • Sardão-GrandePortuguese
  • TejubinaPortuguese
  • TijubinaPortuguese
  • Гигантская амейваRussian
  • Амейва звичайнаUkrainian

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the zandolie

Other species in the same genus Ameiva.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the zandolie?

An adult zandolie weighs 56.2 g – 107.9 g and measures 11.9 cm – 12.5 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the zandolie live?

The zandolie has a recorded lifespan of 4.6 years.

Is the zandolie an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the zandolie as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the zandolie?

The zandolie (Ameiva ameiva) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Zandolie (Ameiva ameiva). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/zandolie

MLA

“Zandolie (Ameiva ameiva).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/zandolie.

BibTeX
@misc{zandolie_2026,
  title = {Zandolie (Ameiva ameiva)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/zandolie},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}