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Gelanesaurus cochranae (BURT & BURT, 1931)

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cochran's Neusticurus 
SynonymNeusticurus ecpleopus cochranae BURT & BURT 1931: 350
Neusticurus cochranae — UZZELL 1966: 307
Potamites cochranae — DOAN & CASTOE 2005
Gelanesaurus cochranae — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2016
Gelanesaurus cochranae — DIAGO-TORO et al. 2021 
DistributionN Ecuador, Colombia [Castro,F. (pers. comm.)]

Type locality: San José de Sumaco, Ecuador  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 28891 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): A gymnophthalmid lizard with the tongue covered in imbricate, scale-like papillae; moveable eyelids; external ear opening, with a slightly recessed tympanum; heterogeneous dorsal scalation; subimbricate ventral scales; slightly compressed tail without conical scales; hemipenes with calcareous spinules on flounces and no basal spines. 
CommentSynonymy that of PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970.

Type species: Neusticurus ecpleopus cochranae BURT & BURT 191: 50 is the type species of the genus Gelanesaurus TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2016.

Distribution: See map in Fang et al. 2020: 12 (Fig. 9). 
EtymologyThe species name honors the late Doris M. Cochran, Division of Herpetology at the United States National Museum from 1919 to her retirement in 1968. She was officially given the titles Assistant Curator in 1927, Associate Curator in 1942, and Curator in 1956.

The genus name Gelanesaurus derives from the Greek words gelanes (=laughing, cheerful) and sauros (=lizard), and refers to the joker-looking head color pattern of the included species, more marked in G. flavogularis. 
References
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