Alopoglossus myersi (HARRIS, 1994)

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Higher Taxa	Alopoglossidae, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ptychoglossus myersi HARRIS 1994: 250 Ptychoglossus myersi — KÖHLER 2000: 104 Alopoglossus myersi — HERNÁNDEZ-MORALES et al. 2020
Distribution	S Panama, Colombia, NW Venezuela (Falcon, Aragua) Type locality: cloud forest on the SE slope of Cerro Pirre, Serranía de Pirre, Darién Province, Panama.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: KU 96913, adult male; paratypes: KU
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Ptychoglossus myersi comes close to being totally cryptic with P. plicatus; both having mucronate dorsals, no lateral discontinuity on trunk, pointed intracaudal scales, blunt ridges on some head scales and the same general asymmetry to the tip of the hemipenis. From P. plicatus, it can be distinguished by sometimes having a median marginal preanal scale, relatively shorter limbs and by details of the hemipenis: 9-12 (not 23-27) flounces and finger-like projection from the medial half of the tip long and extended downward across upper part of sulcus spermaticus. (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 5323 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named in honour of Charles W. Myers (1936-2018), collector of all the known specimens.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Duellman, W E; 2019. Obituary: Memories of Charles W. Myers (1936–2018). Herpetological Review 50 (2): 429-433 - 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 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. Sánchez-Pacheco, S. J., J. V. Rueda-Almonacid, J. R. Caicedo-Portilla & S. M. Souza 2016. First record of Leposoma caparensis from Colombia, with confirmation for the presence of Ptychoglossus myersi and P. plicatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Salamandra 52 (1): 53-57 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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