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Anadia rhombifera (GÜNTHER, 1859)

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rhombifer Anadia 
SynonymCercosuarus rhombifer GÜNTHER 1859
Ecpleopus (euspondylus) rhombifer — PETERS 1862
Leposoma rhombiferum COPE 1885: 98
Anadia rhombifera BOULENGER 1885: 399
Anadia rhombifera — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 41
Anadia rhombifera — OFTEDAL 1974
Anadia rhombifera — BETANCOURT et al. 2018 
DistributionEcuador, Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Santander, Quindío)

Type locality: Western Ecuador  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.9.1.4 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Anadia rhombifera se caracteriza por la combinación de los siguientes caracteres: (1) talla mediana y cuerpo esbelto (LRC máximo ♀: 69.4 mm; ♂: 69.8 mm); (2) escamas dorsales en 44–50 hileras transversales; (3) escamas ventrales en 29–32 hileras transversales; (4) escamas gulares en 11–13 hileras transversales; (5) escamas postparietales cinco (Figura 1); (6) pregulares entre último par de geneiales dos (Figura 1); (7) poros femorales 8–15 en machos y 0–2 en hembras (una hembra con 7); (8) ocelos ausentes en machos y hembras (solo un macho presentó 4–5 ocelos) (Figura 11); (9) dorso café o grisáceo uniforme (♂ y ♀) o con bloques oscuros irregulares (♀) (Figuras 7 y 9); (10) vientre claro, a menudo con flecos cafés dispersos hacia los lados; (11) hemipene ligeramente alargado, bilobulado y globoso, con papilas pequeñas ubicadas medialmente en el lado sulcado de cada lóbulo, y con 12 flecos en vista lateral (Figura 8). [from Betancourt et al. 2018: 96]


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CommentSynonymy that of Oftedal (1974). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek rhombos (ῥόμβος), rhombus + Greek fero (φέρω), bring, bear, carry. [“...with a vertebral band, composed of rhombic brown spots, beginning on the middle of the trunk...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • AMÉZQUITA, A., DAZA, J. M., CONTRERAS, L. A. B., OREJUELA, C., & BARRIENTOS, L. S. & MAZARIEGOS H., L. A. 2022. One more and one less: a new species of large bromelicolous lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Anadia) from the Andean cloud forests of northwestern Colombia and the phylogenetic status of Anadia antioquensis. Zootaxa 5150 (2): 217-238 - get paper here
  • Arteaga AF, Bustamante-Enríquez LM and Guayasamin JM 2013. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Mindo. http://www.tropicalherping.com - get paper here
  • Betancourt, Raquel; Carolina Reyes-Puig, Simón E. Lobos, Mario H. Yánez- Muñoz & Omar Torres-Carvajal 2018. Sistemática de los saurios Anadia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) de Ecuador: límite de especies, distribución geográfica y descripción de una especie nueva. Neotropical Biodiversity, 4:1, 82-101, DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2018.1487694 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1886. Catalogue of the species of batrachians and reptiles contained in a collection made at Pebas, Upper Amazon, by John Hauxwell. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 23: 94-103 [1885] - get paper here
  • Garcia-Cobos, Daniela; Diego Gomez-Sanchez, Juan P. Ramirez 2018. New records of Anadia rhombifera (GÜNTHER, 1859), in the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental of Colombia. Herpetozoa 31 (1/2): 91 - 94 - get paper here
  • Günther,A. 1859. Second list of cold-blooded vertebrata collected by Mr. Fraser in the Andes of Western Ecuador. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1859: 402-422 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1929. A new Anadia from Colombia with remarks on other members of the genus. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 42: 99-102 - get paper here
  • Oftedal,O.T. 1974. A revision of the genus Anadia (Sauria, Teiidae). Arquivos de Zoologia, Sao Paulo 25: 203-265 - get paper here
  • Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
  • Vanegas-Guerrero, Jhonattan 2015. Reptilia, Sauria, Gymnophthalmidae, Anadia rhombifera (Günther, 1859): Distribution extension and first records from Quindío department, Colombia. Check List 11 (1): 1512 - get paper here
 
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