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Heterodactylus lundii REINHARDT & LÜTKEN, 1862

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Heterodactylini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lund's Teiid
Portuguese: Briba, Calango-que-Vira-Cobra, Cobra-de-Pé, Cobra-de-Vidro, Cobrinha 
SynonymHeterodactylus lundii REINHARDT & LÜTKEN 1862
Heterodactylus lundii — BOULENGER 1885: 423
Heterodactylus lundii — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 144 
DistributionBrazil (Minas Gerais)

Type locality: Serra de Piedade, Minas Gerais, Brazil  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMUC = NHMD-R4359 (reported as lost by Dixon 1973, but present at ZMUC = NHMD fide M. Scherz, pers. comm., 14 Dec 2021). 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentSpecimens from Bahia are now considered as a new species, Heterodactylus septentrionalis. 
EtymologyNamed after Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801-1880), Danish zoologist active in Brazil. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • BARROS, Ana Bárbara 2011. HERPETOFAUNA DO PARQUE NACIONAL DA SERRA DA CANASTRA MINAS GERAIS BRASIL M. Sc. Thesis, Universidade Federal de Viçosa - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • Peters, James A.; Donoso-Barros, Roberto & Orejas-Miranda, Braulio 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I Snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 347 pp. - get paper here
  • Reinhardt, J., and C. Lütken 1862. Bidrag til Kundskab om Brasiliens Padder og Krybdyr. Förste Afdeling Paddern og Oglerne. Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn 1861: 143-242. - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, Miguel T., Marco Antonio de Freitas and Thais Figueiredo Santos Silva. 2009. New species of earless lizard genus Heterodactylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Highlands of Chapada Diamantina, State of Bahia, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 43 (4): 605-611 - get paper here
 
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