Alopoglossus stenolepis (BOULENGER, 1908)

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Higher Taxa	Alopoglossidae, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Euspondylus stenolepis BOULENGER 1908: 519 Prionodactylus stenolepis — MEDEM 1968 Euspondylus stenolepis — PETERS et al. 1970: 122 Ptychoglossus stenolepis — UZZELL 1973 Ptychoglossus stenolepis — HARRIS 1994: 260 Euspondylus stenolepis — CASTRO-HERRERA & VARGAS-SALINAS 2008 Alopoglossus stenolepis — HERNÁNDEZ-MORALES et al. 2020
Distribution	WC Colombia (Valle del Cauca, Middle section of the Cordillera Occidental, 1750 - 1900 m elevation) Type locality: Cerro San Antonio (La Horqueta)(Middle section of the Cordillera Occidental, 1750 - 1900 m elevation) near Cali, WC Colombia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.2.39 (formerly 1909.4.30.64), adult male
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Ptychoglossus stenolepis like the sympatric P. vallensis is a longbodied form with narrow dorsal scales (scales around midbody 39-45) and widely separated prefrontal scales. The rounded side profile of the dorsal snout, large lateral neck scales, nearly rectangular dorsal scales (not hexagonal in outward appearance), dorsally contacting frontal and premaxillary bones, and eight (not 17) hemipenial flounces permit the distinction of this species from P. vallensis. The similar P. gorgonae, of lower elevation, has prefrontals in broad contact, hexagonal dorsals, flat snout and a median marginal preanal scale. Preanal pores are absent in male P. stenolepis, a trait shared only with P. grandisquamatus; and the posterior chin shields are distinctly smaller than the second pair of chin shields and separated from the fifth infralabial by two sublabials, a condition unique to the genus, although approached by P. bilineatus. (Harris 1994) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3824 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
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Etymology	Named after the Greek stenos (= narrow) and Greek lepos, lepis = scale, bark, peel.
References	Bolívar-G, W. & Hernádez-Morales, C., 2013. Ptychoglossus stenolepis. Catalogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 1(1): 26–30 - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1908. Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles discovered by Mr. M. G. Palmer in South-western Colombia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 2 (12): 515-522 - get paper here Harris,D.M. 1994. Review of the teiid lizard genus Ptychoglossus. Herpetological Monographs 8: 226-275 - get paper here Hernández-Morales, C., Sturaro, M.J., Nunes, P.M.S., Lotzkat, S. and Peloso, P.L. 2020. A species‐level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea). Cladistics - 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 Uzzell, T. 1973. A revision of lizards of the genus Prionodactylus with a new genus for P. leucostictus and notes on the genus Euspondylus (Sauria, Teiidae). Postilla 159: 1-67 - get paper here Valencia-Zuleta A, Jaramillo-Martínez AF, Echeverry-Bocanegra A, Viáfara-Vega R, Hernández-Córdoba O, Cardona-Botero VE, Gutiérrez-Zúñiga J, Castro-Herrera F. 2014. Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2): 1–18 (e87) - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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