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Anelytropsis papillosus COPE, 1885

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Higher TaxaDibamidae, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mexican Blind Lizard
S: Lagartija Ciega Mexicana 
SynonymAnelytropsis papillosus COPE 1885: 380
Anelytropsis papillosus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 170
Anelytropsis papillosis — AXTELL 1958 (in error)
Anelytropsis pustulosus — MALNATE 1971: 360 (in error)
Anelytropsis papillosus — GREER 1985
Anelytropsis papillosus — LINER 1994
Anelytropsis papillosus — LINER 2007 
DistributionNE Mexico (E San Luis Potosi, EC Veracruz, Quéretaro, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas)

Type locality: Near Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 11458 (declared lost by Campbell 1974 and Greer 1985 but rediscovered later).
Neotype: AMNH 64024 (Buenavista, 32.4 km NE of Cerritos, San Luis Potosi, Mexico), designated by Greer 1985 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Differs from Dibamus, the only other genus in the family, in the following combination of derived character states: limbs (males only) relatively small and lacking fully developed tibia and fibula, and probably as a consequence, tibial pores absent; preanal pores poorly developed and reduced to one per side in males, absent in females (Greer 1985: 146).


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CommentType species: Anelytropsis papillosus COPE 1885 is the type species of the genus Anelytropsis COPE 1885

Limb morphology: Limbless.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
References
  • Axtell, Ralph W. 1958. A northward range extension for the lizard Anelytropsis papillosis, with notes on the distribution and habits of several other Mexican lizards. Herpetologica 14: 189-191 - get paper here
  • Campbell, Howard W. 1974. Anelytropsis, A. papillosus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (156): 1-2 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1885. A contribution to the herpetology of Mexico. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 22: 379-404 - get paper here
  • Cruz-Elizalde R, Ramírez-Bautista A, Pineda-López R, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Rocha A, Fucsko LA, Wilson LD. 2022. The herpetofauna of Querétaro, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(1) [General Section]: 148–192 (e308) - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. and Julio A. Lemos-Espinal 2010. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Queretaro, Mexico. Tlalnepantla UNAM, 428 pp.
  • Greer A E 1990. “Rediscovery” of the holotype of Anelytropsis papillosus Cope 1885. Journal of Herpetology 24 (1): 103-104 - get paper here
  • Greer, A. E. 1976. On the occurrence of a stapedial foramen in living non-gekkonid lepidosaurs. Copeia 1976 (3): 591-592 - get paper here
  • Greer,A. E. 1985. The relationships of the lizard genera Anelytropsis and Dibamus. Journal of Herpetology 19 (1): 116-156 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Woolrich-Piña GA 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 753: 83-106 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal, Julio A. and James R. Dixon 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of San Luis Potosí. Eagle Mountain Publishing, xii + 300 pp.
  • Lemos-Espinal, Julio A., Geoffrey R. Smith 2015. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. Check List 11 (3): 1642 - get paper here
  • Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here
  • Malnate, Edmond V. 1971. A catalogue of primary types in the Herpetological Collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP). Proccedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 123 (9): 345-375 - get paper here
  • Miller, M. R. 1966. The cochlear ducts of Lanthanotus and Anelytropsis with remarks on the familial relationship between Anelytropsis and Dibamus. Occ. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci. (60): 1-15 - get paper here
  • Quijano, Fernando Mendoza;Garcia, EfraØn Hernández;Ballardo, Walter Schmidt 1993. Anelytropsis papillosus (Mexican Blind Lizard). México: Hidalgo. Herpetological Review 24 (2): 66 - get paper here
  • Sites, Jack W.; Jr., Tod W. Reeder, and John J. Wiens 2011. Phylogenetic Insights on Evolutionary Novelties in Lizards and Snakes: Sex, Birth, Bodies, Niches, and Venom. Annual Review Ecol. Evol. Syst. 42:227–44 - get paper here
  • Smith, H.M. 1935. Miscellaneous notes on Mexican lizards. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 22: 119-156 - get paper here
  • Tepos-Ramírez M, Garduño-Fonseca FS, Peralta-Robles CA, García-Rubio OR, Cervantes Jiménez R 2023. Annotated checklist of amphibians and reptiles from Querétaro, Mexico, including new records, and comments on controversial species. Check List 19(2): 269-292 - get paper here
  • Terán-Juárez, Sergio A., Elí García Padilla, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The herpetofauna of Tamaulipas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (1): 43–113 - get paper here
  • Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - get paper here
  • Townsend, Ted M.; Dean H. Leavitt, Tod W. Reeder 2011. Intercontinental dispersal by a microendemic burrowing reptile (Dibamidae). Proc R Soc B. 278 (1718): 2568; doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2598 - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Valdez-Villavicencio, Jorge, Elí García-Padilla and Vicente Mata-Silva. 2016. Distribution Notes. Anelytropsis papillosus Cope, 1885 (Squamata: Dibamidae), an overlooked species in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (1): 178–180 - get paper here
  • Zaldivar-Riverón, Alejandro; Adrián Nieto-Montes De Oca; Norma Manríquez- Morán; Tod W. Reeder 2008. Phylogenetic Affinities of the Rare and Enigmatic Limb-Reduced Anelytropsis (Reptilia: Squamata) as Inferred with Mitochondrial 16S rRNA Sequence Data. Journal of Herpetology 42 (2): 303–311 - get paper here
 
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