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Dominican ground lizard
The Dominican ground lizard or Dominican ameiva (''Ameiva fuscata'') is a lizard of the genus ''Ameiva''. It is endemic to the Caribbean island of Dominica, an island noted for its intact and abundant reptile population, where it is most commonly found in dry coastal woodland.
Adults are mostly blue-gray, and can reach lengths up to 400 mm from snout to tail. They are omnivorous, feeding on fallen fruit, carrion, and small animals including other lizards.
==History==
The Dominican ground lizard is locally known as the abòlò.〔Evans 1997, p. 20; Crask 2007, p. 21.〕 The indigenous Caribs used to stew it as a remedy for certain illnesses.〔According to Honychurch.〕
The species was first described in 1887 by Samuel Garman, the assistant director of herpetology and ichthyology at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology.〔Garman 1887, p. 5-6.〕 The three cotype specimens, all males of varying ages, were acquired by the Museum in 1879, and were collected from Dominica during the "Blake expeditions" conducted by William Healy Dall.〔Barbour 1915, p. 456; Barbour 1929, p. 212. The specimens are cataloged M.C.Z. No. 6,087.〕
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