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Arthrosaura kockii (LIDTH DE JEUDE, 1904)

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Calango, Lagartinho-Listrado, Lagarto-do-Folhiço 
SynonymPrionodactylus Kockii VAN LIDTH DE JEUDE 1904: 91
Arthrosaura dorsistriata MÜLLER 1923: 147
Arthrosaura kocki — BRONGERSMA 1928: 333
Arthrosaura kockii — BRONGERSMA 1932: 85
Arthrosaura kochi [sic] — AMARAL 1949: 111
Arthrosaura kochii — CRUMP 1971: 20
Arthrosaura kockii — HOOGMOED & AVILA-PIRES 1991: 79
Arthrosaura kockii — CASTOE et al. 2004 
DistributionSuriname, French Guiana, Brazil (E Para, Amapa, Amazonas)

Type locality: Surinam.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: RMNH 4464
Holotype: ZSM 138/191 [dorsistriata[ 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small microteiid lizard with cylindrical body, a tail that is round in cross section, and relatively long limbs. Distance between forelimbs and hindlimbs (measured between the axil and the groin) 1.5 times the length of a forelimb. Four supraoculars. Supralabials 7-9, mostly 8. A wide, very evident, light vertebral stripe from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail [from Hooogmoed & Avila-Pires 1992: 456]. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. P. J. de Kock, a Dutch physician who collected zoological specimens in Surinam. 
References
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  • Brongersma, L. D. 1928. Arthrosaura dorsistriata L. Müller, ein Synonym von Arthrosaura kocki (van Lidth de Jeude). Zool. Anz. 78: 333-336
  • Brongersma, L. D. 1932. Notes on the species of Arthrosaura Blgr. (Teiidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 15 (1-2): 76-88 - get paper here
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