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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. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin papillosus referring to the papillae present on the anterior head scales.

The genus name is apparently is derived from the Greek “ana” (up or upon), “elytron” (shield), and “ops” (eye). Anelytropsis was proposed to justify the family name Anelytropidae Cope, which was based an Anelytrops Dumeril, a synonym of Feylinia Gray. Neither Dumeril nor Cope discussed the etymology of the name. The genus name is feminine. [after CAMPBELL 1974] 
References
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