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title: "Trinidad Ameiva"
description: "Ameiva atrigularis — Reptielen. Ameiva atrigularis, known as giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner, is a species of teiid lizard found on Trinidad and Tobago and in Venezuela."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/trinidad-ameiva
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Trinidad Ameiva

> Ameiva atrigularis — Reptielen. Ameiva atrigularis, known as giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner, is a species of teiid lizard found on Trinidad and Tobago and in Venezuela.

- Scientific name: *Ameiva atrigularis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 636
- Wikidata: [Q2842576](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2842576)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145886](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145886)

## Names

- en: Trinidad Ameiva
- de: Schwarzkehlameive

## Countries with the most observations

TT (592), VE (26)

## Summary

Ameiva atrigularis, known as giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner, is a species of teiid lizard found on Trinidad and Tobago and in Venezuela. Males can reach a snout–vent length of 186 mm (7.3 in).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameiva_atrigularis

## Photo

![Trinidad Ameiva](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/trinidad-ameiva/medium.jpg)

Photo: darrenmclaughlin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292616711

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/trinidad-ameiva?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).