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Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Ecuador
Type locality: 0.5 km northwest of Abdon Calderon, Provincia Azuay, Ecuador, 1600 m elevation.

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Holcosus orcesi, also known commonly as Peters' ameiva, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.^[2]

The specific name, orcesi, is in honor of Ecuadorian herpetologist Gustavo Orcés.^[3]

The preferred habitat of H. orcesi is shrubland at altitudes of 1,250–1,700 m (4,100–5,580 ft).^[1]

H. orcesi is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Cisneros-Heredia, D.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Brito, J.; Sánchez, J. (2017). "Holcosus orcesi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T49981813A49981970. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T49981813A49981970.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Holcosus orcesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 June 2019.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ameiva orcesi, p. 195).

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Holcosus orcesi, also known commonly as Peters' ameiva, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.