Alopoglossus eurylepis (HARRIS & RUEDA, 1985)
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Alopoglossus eurylepis
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| Higher Taxa | Alopoglossidae, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Largescale Lizard |
| Synonym | Ptychoglossus eurylepis HARRIS & RUEDA 1985: 2 Ptychoglossus eurylepis — HARRIS 1994: 241 Alopoglossus eurylepis — HERNÁNDEZ-MORALES et al. 2020 Ptychoglossus eurylepis — LINDKEN et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | SW Colombia (Cordillera Occidental) Type locality: wet forest region, 32 km by road NNW of Uribe, Cauca, Colombia. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ICN-MHN = ICN 4460 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: In this species and P. grandisquamatus, many of the scales are enormous, for example, with dorsal scales of trunk as wide or wider than long. The broad, unkeeled, glossy dorsal scales resemble the ventrals, a striking feature considering that the other 13 species in the genus have dorsal scales that are much narrower than long and usually keeled. Unlike P. grandisquamatus, P. eurylepis lacks pret postpariales, has toe sales in she pralabials, five infralabials, one complete row of pregular scales, 30 transverse dorsal scale rows, and wide cream-colored dorsolateral stripes bounded by equally wide black stripes. (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 1413 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | Named after the large dorsal body scales (Greek “eury” = wide, broad, Greek “lepis” = scale). |
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