# Zandolie (*Ameiva ameiva*)

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Data as of: 2026-11-14

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.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 56.2 g – 107.9 g |
| Length | 11.9 cm – 12.5 cm |
| Lifespan | 4.6 years |
| Diet | Carnivore |
| Longest recorded lifespan | 4.7 years |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest |
| Egg incubation | 135 days |
| Young per litter or clutch | 2.5 – 11 |
| Age at maturity | 6 months – 12 months |
| Litters or clutches a year | 1 – 3 |
| Reproduction | Eggs |
| Active | By day (diurnal) |
| Lifestyle | Terrestrial |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them. Introduced: Barbados, Mexico, United States. Invasive: Mexico. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Reptilia
- order: Squamata
- family: Teiidae
- genus: Ameiva
- species: *Ameiva 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*

## Common questions

### 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

- [An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1), 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](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), 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)](https://griis.org/), 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](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4), 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](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b), 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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