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Siderolamprus scansorius (MCCRANIE & WILSON, 1996)

IUCN Red List - Siderolamprus scansorius - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaDiploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCelestus scansorius MCCRANIE & WILSON 1996
Celestus scansorius — KÖHLER 2000: 41
Celestus scansorius — KÖHLER 2008
Diploglossus scansorius — MCCRANIE 2015
Diploglossus scansorius — MCCRANIE 2018
Siderolamprus scansorius — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 
DistributionNW Honduras (elevation 1550-1590 m)

Type locality: 2.5 airline km NNE La Fortuna, 15° 25’ N, 87° 19’ W, 1550 m elevation, Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Yoro, Honduras.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 335049 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: The placement of this species in Diploglossus is based on phylogenetic data by Pyron et al. 2013. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin scansor, climber + Latin -ius, having the nature of. [“...The specific name scansorius is Latin, meaning "of climbing," and is used in allusion to the arboreal habits exhibited by the two known specimens of this species...”]. 
References
  • Hofmann, Erich P.; Luis Herrera-B., Emmanuel O. Murillo, Jocelyn A. Castro, Andrew J. Mason, Christopher L. Parkinson, and Josiah H. Townsend 2019. Rediscovery of the Honduran endemic Diploglossus scansorius (Squamata: Diploglossidae), with description of the first known juvenile specimen from a new locality in north-central Honduras. Phyllomedusa 18 (2): 255–258 - 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.
  • McCranie J R; Wilson L D 1996. A new arboreal lizard of the genus Celestus (Squamata: Anguidae) from northern Honduras. Revista de Biologia Tropical 44 (1): 259-264 - get paper here
  • McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here
  • Savage, JM; Lips, KR; Ibáñez RD 2008. A new species of Celestus from west-central Panama, with consideration of the status of the genera of the Anguidae: Diploglossinae (Squamata). Revista de Biologia Tropical 56 (2): 845-859 - get paper here
  • SCHOOLS, MOLLY & S. BLAIR HEDGES 2021. Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae). Zootaxa 4974 (2): 201–257 - get paper here
  • Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - get paper here
 
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