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Pholidobolus macbrydei MONTANUCCI, 1973

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: MacBryde's Pholiodobolus 
SynonymPholidobolus macbrydei MONTANUCCI 1973: 35
Pholidobolus macbrydei — CASTOE et al. 2004
Pholidobolus macbrydei — TORRES-CARVAJAL & MAFLA-ENDARA 2013
Pholidobolus macbrydei — PARRA et al. 2020 
DistributionEcuador (Cañar)

Type locality: Ecuador, Cañar, 9.1 km N 2.3 W Biblian, near Hda. Oeste, elevation 3070 m.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: KU 140993 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Montanucci 1973: 35 
CommentPARRA et al. 2020 split up what used to be Pholidobolus macbrydei into 4 additional species, retaining P. macbrydei and several of its (yet unnamed but paraphyletic) clades. 
EtymologyNamed after one of the collectors, B. MacBryde. 
References
  • Castoe, T.A.; Doan, T.M. & Parkinson, C.L. 2004. Data partitions and complex models in Bayesian analysis: the phylogeny of Gymnophthalmid lizards. Systematic Biology 53 (3): 448-469 - get paper here
  • Hurtado-Gómez, Juan P.; Juan C. Arredondo, Pedro M. Sales-Nunes and Juan M. Daza 2018. A New Species of Pholidobolus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Paramo Ecosystem in the Northern Andes of Colombia. South American Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 271–286 - get paper here
  • Montanucci, R.R. 1973. Systematics and Evolution of the Andean Lizard Genus Pholidobolus (Sauria: Teiidae). Misc. Publ. Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist. 59: 1-52 - get paper here
  • Reeder, T. W. 1996. A new species of Pholidobolus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Huancabamba depression of northern Peru. Herpetologica 52 (2): 282-289. - 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
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Venegas PJ, Lobos SE, Mafla-Endara P, Sales-Nunes PM. 2014. A new species of Pholidobolus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (1) [Special Section]: 76–88 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Paola Mafla-Endara 2013. Evolutionary history of Andean Pholidobolus and Macropholidus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68 (2): 212–217 - get paper here
  • Venegas PJ, Echevarría LY, Lobos SE, Sales-Nunes PM, and Torres-Carvajal O. 2016. A new species of Andean microteiid lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae: Pholidobolus) from Peru, with comments on P. vertebralis. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10 (1) [Special Section]: 21–33 (e121) - get paper here
 
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