Enyalius pictus (SCHINZ, 1822)
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Enyalius pictus
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| Higher Taxa | Leiosauridae (Enyaliinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Portuguese: Camaleãozinho, Papa-Vento |
| Synonym | Agama picta SCHINZ 1822 Agama picta — WIED-NEUWIED 1825 Ophryessa margariticeus — BOIE 1825 Ecphymotes pictus — FITZINGER 1826: 49 Uraniscodon (Pneustes) picta — KAUP 1827: 612 Hypsibatus picta — WAGLER 1830: 150 Hypselophus picta — WIEGMANN 1835 Ophyessa (Xiphura) margariticeus — GRAY 1831: 40 Calotes pictus — SCHINZ 1835: 86 Uperanodon pictum — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 251 Hypsibatus (Uperanodon) pictus — FITZINGER 1843 Uperanodon Pictum — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 268 Enyalius zonatus WETTSTEIN 1926: 1 (see comment) Enyalius pictus — ETHERIDGE 1969: 240 Enyalius pictus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 118 Enyalius catenatus pictus — JACKSON 1978 Enyalius pictus — FROST et al. 2001 Enyalius catenatus pictus — RODRIGUES et al. 2006 Enyalius pictus — RODRIGUES et al. 2014 Enyalius pictus — CARVALHO et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo) Type locality: Mucurí and Lago d’Arara, Bahia, Brazil. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Neotype: NMW 13894, from “Muriti dist.”, designated by ETHERIDGE 1968. Holotype was AMNH 13894, but now lost (ETHERIDGE 1968) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: This subspecies is distinguished from others of the species by the following characters: 1) enlarged supraoculars not keeled; 2) enlarged supraoculars as large as or larger than scales of the supraorbital series; 3) ventral scales smooth; 4) infratibials smooth or with weak keels; 5) infratibials wider than long; 6) one of the suboculars enlarged or not; 7) keel of preocular medially located; 8) midbody scale count greater than 140; 9) shank/snout-vent length ratio greater than .30. (JACKSON 1978: 21) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2059 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: JACKSON (1978) suggested that E. bibronii, E. pictus and E. catenatus were intergrading subspecies of on species. Synonymy partly after PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970, ETHERIDGE 1969. The author of this species is SCHINZ 1822, not WIED 1823 (or 1825) fide MYERS et al. 2011. References: The paper of WETTSTEIN (1926) is cited in PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970 as being published in “Anz. Acad. Wiss. Wien 63: 1”. The original color plate of WIED-NEUWIED (1825) is reproduced in RODRIGUES et al. (2006). Distribution: Not in Ecuador fide TORRES-CARVAJAL 2001, TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2019. See map in Breitman et al. 2019: 357 (Fig. 1). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin pictus, painted; colored; decorated. (SCHINZ 1822, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) |
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