Alopoglossus tapajosensis RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, SÁNCHEZ-MARTÍNEZ, MORAES, COSTA DE OLIVEIRA, CARVALHO, CHOUERI, WERNECK & MEIRI, 2021
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Alopoglossus tapajosensis
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| Higher Taxa | Alopoglossidae, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Alopoglossus tapajosensis RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, SÁNCHEZ-MARTÍNEZ, MORAES, COSTA DE OLIVEIRA, CARVALHO, CHOUERI, WERNECK & MEIRI 2021 Alopoglossus angulatus — MORAES et al. 2020: 696 (part) |
| Distribution | Brazil (Pará) Type locality: west bank of the middle Tapajós River, Itaituba, Pará, Brazil (−5.06, −56.87) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. INPA-H 41383, adult female, collected on 22 July 2012 at by Ana B. Barros, Dante Pavan and Leandro J. C. L. Moraes (Figures 12–14). Paratype. INPA-H 41382, adult male, collected on 11 December 2012 at the west bank of the middle Tapajós River, Itaituba, Pará, Brazil (−5.05, −56.87), by Dante Pavan and Leandro J. C. L. Moraes (Figure 15). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Alopoglossus tapajosensis 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 10 transverse rows; (2) three pairs of chin shield scales; (3) third pair of chin shields in broad contact with each other anteromedially, and separated from each other on the posteriormost portions by small, imbricate scales; (4) smooth scales along midventral gular region; (5) feebly keeled scales on anterior temporal region; (6) strongly keeled scales on posterior temporal region; (7) smooth first supratemporal scale; (8) strongly keeled distally second supratemporal, clearly folding laterally toward the temporal region; (9) supratemporal scales in contact with each other, forming a long, straight suture between them; (10) 22 total number of femoral pores in males. |
| Comment | Distribution: Alopoglossus tapajosensis sp. nov. is only known from two localities, ~1 km apart, on the west bank of the middle Tapajós River, south of the Amazon River, occurring in the state of Pará, Brazil (Figure 8 in RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR et al. 2021). |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is masculine and refers to the fact that this species is currently known only for the Tapajós River basin, in Brazilian Amazonia. |
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