Alopoglossus indigenorum RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, SÁNCHEZ-MARTÍNEZ, MORAES, COSTA DE OLIVEIRA, CARVALHO, CHOUERI, WERNECK & MEIRI, 2021
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Alopoglossus indigenorum
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| Higher Taxa | Alopoglossidae, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Alopoglossus indigenorum RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, SÁNCHEZ-MARTÍNEZ, MORAES, COSTA DE OLIVEIRA, CARVALHO, CHOUERI, WERNECK & MEIRI 2021 Alopoglossus angulatus — PANTOJA & FRAGA 2012: 362, |
| Distribution | Brazil (Amazonas) Type locality: Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Uacari, Carauari, Amazonas, Brazil (−5.79, −67.82) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. INPA-H 25543, adult male, collected in April 2007 by Fabiano W. S. Guimarães (Figures 9 and 10). Paratype. INPA-H 39953, adult male, collected on 16 July 2018 at Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá, Juruá, Amazonas state, Brazil (−3.83, −66.08), by Leandro J. C. L. Moraes, Raíssa N. Rainha and Alan F. S. Oliveira. Other specimens: MPEG |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Alopoglossus indigenorum sp. nov. is distinguished from all other species of Alopoglossus by the combination of the following characters: (1) non-granular, keeled, imbricate scales on medial and posterior sides of neck, varying from phylloid to mucronate with almost rounded posterior margins, in 11–15 transverse rows; (2) four pairs of chin shield scales; (3) laterally to the fourth pair of chin shields, two small scales separating the third pair of chin shields from gular scales, or even the third pair in short contact with gular scales; (4) scales along midventral gular region varying from smooth to feebly keeled, and from having irregular posterior margins, to mucronate or phylloid; (5) smooth scales on anterior temporal region; (6) smooth or feebly keeled distally scales on posterior temporal region; (7) smooth first supratemporal scale; (8) feebly keeled distally second supratemporal scale (smooth aspect), with an almost flat aspect, just slightly folding laterally toward the temporal region; (9) supratemporal scales in contact with each other, forming an evident, straight suture between them; (10) 25–28 total number of femoral pores in males. Alopoglossus indigenorum sp. nov. is also distinguished from other species of Alopoglossus by the combination of the following hemipenial characters: (11) no changes in the widening of the sulcus spermaticus; (12) sulcus spermaticus running in the frontal face of the base of the lobes; (13) sulcate face of the body totally covered by transversal flounces; (14) hemipenial body and base ornamented by 21–22 transversal flounces, covering almost the complete organ; (15) lobes with pointed distal ends; and (16) absence of hemipenial body distal expansion. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet in genitive plural refers to the indigenous people, native inhabitants of the region. In the occurrence area of the new species, there is the highest density of isolated indigenous people in the world, and estimates suggest they spoke about 30 different and unique languages. However, their isolation, culture, and languages are under threat of extinction due to dispossession of lands, loggers, animal traffickers, and discriminatory actions by recent political decisions in Brazil. |
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