Family Teiidae
Pholidoscelis exsul (Cope, 1862)
Materials examined. PUERTO RICO – Arecibo • Mata de
Plátano Field Station and Nature Reserve; 18.414, -66.729; 151 m above
sea level; Justin Matthew Bernstein, Camilo Andrés Calderón-Acevedo,
Pedro Ivo Mônico, Lázaro Willian Viñola-Lopez, J. Angel Soto-Centeno;
Individual 1–2 – on ground of trail ~6m south of field
station at 8:40 AM; Individua 3 – on ground of trail ~
15 m south of field station.
Identification. Pholidoscelis exsul is one of few teiid
lizards found on Puerto Rico. It is distinguished from its island
conspecifics by a combination of morphology (color pattern), but is
primarily identified by geographic distribution. Pholidoscelis
wetmorei is only found in the southwest part of the island, P.
alboguttatus is endemic to Mona Island, and P. desechensisendemic to Desecheo Island.