Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Linhares Whiptail (Ameivula nativo), recorded as Endangered
Linhares Whiptail (Ameivula nativo). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Linhares Whiptail

Ameivula nativo

Linhares Whiptail is a teiid lizard endemic to Brazil.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Ameivula nativo
Recorded from
Brazil
Taxonomy
Squamata · Teiidae · Ameivula

The whiptail

Whiptails and tegus are fast New World lizards with rectangular belly scales. Many are active foragers in open or edge habitat.

Range and habitat

Linhares Whiptail is a teiid lizard endemic to Brazil.

GBIF currently lists 132 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Linhares Whiptail is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Linhares Whiptail — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q2980964 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Linhares Whiptail?
Linhares Whiptail is a whiptail in the family Teiidae — Ameivula nativo.
What is the conservation status of Linhares Whiptail?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ameivula nativo. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Linhares Whiptail live?
Linhares Whiptail is a teiid lizard endemic to Brazil.
Why is Linhares Whiptail in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ameivula nativo?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Linhares Whiptail a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.