Ameiva nodam KOCH, VENEGAS, RÖDDER, FLECKS & BÖHME, 2013
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Ameiva nodam
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| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Ameiva nodam KOCH, VENEGAS, RÖDDER, FLECKS & BÖHME 2013 Cnemidophorus divisus FISCHER 1879 Ameiva bifrontata divisa — RUTHVEN 1924 Ameiva bifrontata divisa — BURT & BURT 1931 Ameiva bifrontata divisa — BURT & BURT 1933 |
| Distribution | N Peru Type locality: Bellavista, Province of Jaén, Region of Cajamarca, Peru (05°38’15.6’’S, 78°37’59.2’’W, 390–440 m elevation). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: CORBIDI 1870, adult male, Figs. 1A–F, 2A,B), collected 09 May 2008 by P. Venegas and C. Koch. Paratypes: ZFMK, CORBIDI, MCZ, MHNG, ROM, ZMB. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (short): A. nodam sp. nov. has dilated postbrachials, a maximum known snout-vent length of 101 mm, 10 longitudinal rows of ventral plates, 86–113 midbody granules, 25–35 lamellae under the fourth toe, and a color pattern with 5 longitudinal yellow stripes on the dorsum. |
| Comment | Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). |
| Etymology | “The specific epithet is an agglutination of the exclamation “no dam”. We chose this peculiar name to protest against the possible dam construction activities for four hydroelectricity projects along the Marañón river, between the Regions of Cajamarca and Amazonas. With this we are trying to call attention to the fact that the unique dry forest habitat of this and other endemic species, several of them have only recently been discovered (Koch et al. 2006, 2011; Venegas et al. 2008), is gravely threatened by human interventions.” (KOCH et al. 2013) |
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