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 |
| Reproduction | |
| 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. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Amphisbaena hoogmoedi sp. nov. is named in honor of Dr. Marinus S. Hoogmoed (National Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, the Netherlands, currently at the Goeldi Museum, Belém, Pará, Brazil), for his contribution to the knowledge of the Neotropical herpetofauna especially to the amphisbaenian taxonomy. |
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