Bocourt's ameiva explained

Bocourt's ameiva (Medopheos edracanthus) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to northwestern South America. It is the only species in the genus Medopheos.

Geographic range

M. edracanthus is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Habitat

M. edracanthus is found in a variety of habitats, including desert, grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to .

Behavior

M. edracanthus is terrestrial and diurnal.

Diet

M. edracanthus preys upon arthropods.

Reproduction

M. edracanthus is oviparous.

Further reading

• Bocourt MF (1874). "Deux notes sur quelques sauriens de l'Amérique tropicale". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Cinquième Série 19 (4): 1–5. (Ameiva edracantha, new species, pp. 3–5). (in French).
• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Musem (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Ameiva edracantha, p. 349).
• Cope ED (1875). "Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon, and western Peru". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Second Series 8: 159–183. (Cnemidophorus armatulus, new species, pp. 164–165).
• Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22: 167–194. (Verticaria hedracantha, new combination and altered spelling of specific name, p. 172).
• Harvey MB, Ugueto GN, Gutberlet RL Jr (2012). "Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)". Zootaxa 3459: 1–156. (Medopheos, new genus; M. edracantha, new combination).