Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae (RUTHVEN, 1916)

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Higher Taxa	Sphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Lathrogecko sanctaemartae RUTHVEN 1916 Lanthrogeko sanctaemartae — BARBOUR 1923 (fide VILLA et al. 1988) Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae fugax RUTHVEN 1928 Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae — VANZOLINI 1953: 264 Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae — WERMUTH 1965: 97 Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae fugax — WERMUTH 1965: 97 Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae — KLUGE 1993 Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae — KÖHLER 2000: 49 Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae— ACUÑA-VARGAS 2016
Distribution	Panama (Barro Colorado Island), Colombia (Santa Marta Mountains) Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá) fugax: E Panama; Type locality: Barro Colorado Island, Gatun Lake, Panama. Type locality: Fundacion, Magdalena, Colombia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 47790 (also given as MCZ 16296 but that’s not a type, fide G. Schneider, pers. comm., 17 Feb 2019, and J. Rosado, pers. comm. 19 Feb 2019) Holotype: UMMZ 62637 [fugax]
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: see map in BATISTA et al. 2015 for collection localities.
Etymology	Named after the Santa Marta Mountains where the species occurs.
References	Acuña-Vargas, J. C. 2016. Anfibios y Reptiles asociados a cinco coberturas de la tierra, municipio de Dibulla, La Guajira, Colombia. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n. s.), 32(2): 133-146 - get paper here Angarita-M O, Montes-Correa AC, Renjifo JM. 2015. Amphibians and reptiles of an agroforestry system in the Colombian Caribbean. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2) [Special Section]: 19–38 - get paper here Ayala S C & Castro F. 1983. Dos nuevos gecos (Sauria: Gekkonidae, Sphaerodactylinae) para Colombia: Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma (Noble) y descripcion de una nueva especie. Caldasia 13 (No. 65): 743-753 - get paper here BATISTA, ABEL; MARCOS PONCE, MILAN VESELY, KONRAD MEBERT, ANDREAS HERTZ, GUNTHER KÖHLER, ARCADIO CARRIZO & SEBASTIAN LOTZKAT 2015. Revision of the genus Lepidoblepharis (Reptilia: Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Central America, with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 3994 (2): 187–221 - get paper here Blanco-Torres, Argelina; Lina Báez S., Edgar Patiño-Flores, Juan M. Renjifo-R. 2013. Herpetofauna from the middle valley of the Ranchería river, La Guajira, Colombia. Rev. Biodivers. Neotrop. 3 (2): 113-22 - get paper here CALDERÓN-ESPINOSA, MARTHA LUCIA & GUIDO FABIAN MEDINA-RANGEL 2016. A new Lepidoblepharis lizard (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Colombian Guyana shield. . Zootaxa 4067 (2): 215–232 - get paper here Carvajal-Cogollo, J.E.; L.E. Rojas-Murcia. & G. Cárdenas-Arévalo 2020. Reptiles del Caribe colombiano/ Reptiles of the Colombian Caribbean. Tunja: Editorial UPTC, 268 pp. - get paper here Castillo-Peñarredonda, C. J.; Tovar-Marquez; J. M. & Diaz-Perez, J. A. 2024. Los cambios en la cobertura del suelo afectan la diversidad de anfibios y reptiles en un paisaje rural de la región Caribe colombiana. ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (NS), 1-17 - get paper here Fuentes, Rogemif; Aschcroft, Jesse; Erick Barría, Helio Quintero-Arrieta, Alexis Baules, Abel Batista, Eduardo Zambrano, Marcos Ponce 2023. Herpetological diversity in forests of Portobelo National Park, Colón Biological Corridor, Panama. Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1): e18434 - get paper here Kluge, Arnold G. 1984. Type-specimens of reptiles in the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. [type catalogue] Miscellaneous publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (167): 1-85 - get paper here Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp. Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp. Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabián 2013. CAMBIO EstACIOnAl En El UsO DE lOs RECURsOs DE lA COMUnIDAD DE REptIlEs En El COMplEJO CEnAgOsO DE ZApAtOsA, DEpARtAMEntO DEl CEsAR (Colombia). Caldasia 35 (1): 103-122 - get paper here Ortleb, Edward; Heatwole, Harold 1965. Comments on some Panamanian lizards with a key to the species from Barro Colorado Island, C.Z. and vicinity. Carib. J. Sci. 5 (3-4):141-147. Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - get paper here Rivas Fuenmayor, Gilson, Jesús Manzanilla, Ramón Rivero and Enrique La Marca 2002. Lepidoblepharis sanctaemartae (Ruthven, 1916), a lizard new to the Venezuelan fauna. Herpetozoa 15 (1/2):92-94 - get paper here RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here RUEDA-SOLANO, LUÍS ALBERTO; JEINER CASTELLANOS- BARLIZA 2010. HERPETOFAUNA DE NEGUANJE, PARQUE NACIONAL NATURAL TAYRONA, CARIBE COLOMBIANO. Acta biol. Colomb. 15 (1): 195 - 206 - get paper here Ruthven, A. G. 1916. Description of a new genus and species of lizard from British Guiana. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (22): 4 pp. - get paper here Ruthven, A. G. 1916. A new genus and species of lizard from Colombia, with remarks on the genus Pseudogonatodes. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, (21) : 1—3 - get paper here Ruthven, A. G. 1922. The amphibians and reptiles of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool., Misc. Publ. (8): 70 pp. - get paper here Ruthven, A. G. 1928. Notes on the genus Lepidoblepharis (Peracca), with description of a new subspecies. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (191): 1—3 - get paper here Vanzolini, P. E. 1953. "Sobre a diferenciação geografica de Gymnodactylus geckoides (Sauria, Gekkonidae)" and "Sobre a Presença do genero Lepidoblepharis no Brasil (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 11 (14/15): 225-270 - get paper here
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