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Martinique Giant Ameiva
Pholidoscelis major
The Martinique giant ameiva (Pholidoscelis major) was a species of lizard in the family Teiidae.
It is believed to have been endemic to Martinique, though at least one scholar disputes this, instead placing it on Les Iles de la Petite Terre within the Guadeloupean archipelago. It is known only from museum specimens collected by early European explorers. Its extinction may have been caused by a hurricane, or through the introduction of predatory species to the island. The maximum snout-vent length for the species is 242 mm
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 540075.