Abundance: 0.04 to 37.61% (median 3.64%)

Latitudinal range: -24.7° to 19.5°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (12), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (15), tropical/subtropical savanna (8)

Found in 35 samples

Argentina: Campo Grande, Los Colorados Biological Station

Brazil: Mateiros, Reserva Extrativista do Rio Gregório, Juruti, Sao Domingos, Inhotim Institute, Imbassaí Preserve, Estaçäo Ecológica de Uruçuí-Una, Serra da Capivara National Park, Estaçäo Ecológica de Santa Bârbara, Estaçäo Ecológica do Seridó (areas with rocky formations), PPBio-Amazônia (100 L buckets, I-shaped arrays)

Colombia: Cesar (dry season, open areas), Cesar (dry season, wooded areas), Río Magdalena (cultivo de cacao), Río Magdalena (bosque de ribera), Pueblo Nuevo (edge)

Costa Rica: La Selva Biological Station (primary forest), San Vito de Coto Brus, La Selva Biological Station (buttress), La Selva Biological Station (non-buttress), La Selva (primary forest control block)

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (pasture), Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (edge), Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (interior), Santiago Jalahui (Poblado), Santiago Jalahui (Pastizales), Santiago Jalahui (Cafetales), Santiago Jalahui (Riparia), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (conserved), Chamela Biosphere Reserve (disturbed), Caobas Ejido (mature forest), Caobas Ejido (regrowth forest), Caobas Ejido (induced grassland)

See also Ameiva ameiva, Ameiva festiva, Ameiva jacuba, Ameiva praesignis, Ameiva quadrilineata, Ameiva undulata