Amphisbaena hoogmoedi OLIVEIRA, VAZ-SILVA, SANTOS-JR, GRABOSKI, TEIXEIRA JR, DAL VECHIO & RIBEIRO, 2018
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Amphisbaena hoogmoedi
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| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Amphisbaena hoogmoedi OLIVEIRA, VAZ-SILVA, SANTOS-JR, GRABOSKI, TEIXEIRA JR, DAL VECHIO & RIBEIRO 2018 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Pará) Type locality: right bank of Teles Pires River (- 9.352°S -56.692° W, 220 m elevation; datum WGS 84), area impacted by the Teles Pires hydroelectric dam, Jacareacanga municipality, Pará, Brazil |
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| Types | Holotype: MZUSP 106219 (field number CHTP 13677), adult female, collected on 23rd September 2014 by faunal rescue team of Arcadis-Logos. Paratypes. All collected at type locality by faunal rescue team of Arcadis-Logos. MPEG 32283 (field number CHTP 13670), female collected on 29rd September 2014; MPEG 32284 (field number CHTP 13672), male collected on 23rd September 2014; MZUSP 106220 (field number CHTP 13683), male collected on 23rd September 2014; MPEG 32285 (field number CHTP 13759), male collected on 30rd September 2014. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Amphisbaena hoogmoedi sp. nov. is a medium-sized amphisbaenid (291 mm maximum snout-vent length), and can be distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters (see details in Appendix II): (1) snout convex in profile view, sligthly compressed not keeled; (2) pectoral scales arranged in regular annuli; (3) conspicuous autotomic site between 7th–8th caudal annuli; (4) 247–252 dorsal half-annuli; (5) 27 caudal annuli; (6) tail length representing 9.5–10.4% of snout-vent length; (7) four precloacal pores arranged in sequence, (8) three supralabials, (9) a rounded tail, (10) 22–24 dorsal segments in midbody half-annulus; (11) postmalar row absent; (12) head length 2.1–2.9% of snout-vent length; (13) prefrontals length 46.6–49.5% of head length; (14) prefrontals suture length 38–44.6% of head length; (15) small malar length 10.6–13.4% of head length; (16) second infralabial length 33.8–38.5% of head length; (17) ventral length of head 2.7–2.9% of snout-vent length; (18) mouth length 80.2–81.8% of head length; (19) third infralabial length 16.4–19.6% of head length; (20) snout length 62.5–78.6% of head length; (21) ocular length 23.4–26.2% of head length; (22) mental length 23.2–25.4% of head length; (23) postmental length 27.2–31.3% of head length; (24) frontals suture length 23.4–32.3% of head length; (25) postocular width 25–31.9% of maximun width of head; (26) first supralabial length 24.9–30.6% of head length; (27) second supralabial length 27.7–30% of head length; and (28) second supralabial height 26.9–28.8% of maximun head height. Additional details (3837 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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