''Pholidoscelis desechensis'', the Desecheo ground lizard, is a member of the family

Teiidae Teiidae is a family of lacertoidean lizards native to the Americas. Members of this family are generally known as whiptails or racerunners; however, tegus also belong to this family. Teiidae is sister to the Gymnophthalmidae, Gymnopthalmidae, and ...

of lizards. It is endemic to Desecheo Island in

Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...

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Pholidoscelis Reptiles of Puerto Rico Endemic fauna of Puerto Rico Reptiles described in 1967 Taxa named by Harold F. Heatwole {{Teiidae-stub