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Leposoma annectans RUIBAL, 1952

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Teiú-Pigmeu 
SynonymLeposoma annectens RUIBAL 1952: 486
Leposoma annectans — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 164
Leposoma annectans — RODRIGUES et al. 2002
Leposoma annectans — RODRIGUES et al. 2005
Leposoma annectans — DAMASCENO et al. 2020 
DistributionBrazil (Bahia)

Type locality: Bahia, Estado da Bahia, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: DZSJRP (DZ) 790B, female (Museo São Paulo, Dep. Zool.) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Related to scincoides but distinguished from that species by the presence of an enlarged interparietal and the fact that the third pair of postmentals are separated from the lower labials by a small scale. This new species can be distinguished from the other species of Leposoma by having the ventrals in transverse and diagonal rows (Ruibal 1952).


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CommentLeposoma annectens has been considered as a synonym of L. scincoides until it was resurrected by RODRIGUES et al. (2002). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin annecto, to tie to, bind to, fasten on, attach, annex. (RUIBAL 1952, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • Damasceno, Roberta P, Ana Carolina Carnaval, Chodon Sass, Renato Sousa Recoder, Craig Moritz, and Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues. 2020. Geographic Restriction, Genetic Divergence, and Morphological Disparity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forests: Insights from Leposoma Lizards (Gymnophthalmidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 154: 106993 - get paper here
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • Peters, James A. & Donoso-Barros, Roberto 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 293 pp. - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, M. T.; Dixo, M.; Accacio, G. M. 2002. A large sample of Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Atlantic forests of Bahia, the status of Leposoma annectans Ruibal, 1952, and notes on conservation. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 42 (5): 103-117 - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, Miguel T. and Teresa C. S. Avila-Pires 2005. New lizard of the genus Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Lower Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 39 (4): 541-546 - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, et al. 2002. A new species of Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnopthalmidae) from the remnant Atlantic Forests of the state of Bahia, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 42 (14): 335-350 - get paper here
  • RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; MAURO TEIXEIRA JR., RENATO SOUSA RECODER, FRANCISCO DAL VECHIO, ROBERTA DAMASCENO & KATIA CRISTINA MACHADO PELLEGRINO 2013. A new species of Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with four fingers from the Atlantic Forest central corridor in Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 3635 (4): 459–475 - get paper here
  • Ruibal, R. 1952. Revisionary studies of some South American Teiidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 106: 475-529 (477?)-529. - get paper here
 
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