Andinosaura crypta (SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO, KIZIRIAN & SALES-NUNES, 2011)
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Andinosaura crypta
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Riama crypta SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO, KIZIRIAN & SALES NUNES 2011 Proctoporus hypostictus BOULENGER 1902 Proctoporus hypostictus — HILLIS 1985: 109–126 Proctoporus hypostictus — KIZIRIAN & COLOMA 1991: 428 (part) Proctoporus hypostictus — KIZIRIAN, 1995:72 (part) Proctoporus hypostictus — KIZIRIAN 1996: 108 (part) Proctoporus hypostictus — DOAN 2003: 372 Riama hyposticta — DOAN & CASTOE 2005: 409 Andinosaura crypta — SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO et al. 2017 |
| Distribution | Ecuador (western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental) Type locality: Pilaló, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, 2320–2700 m elevation |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: KU 135103 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus Andinosaura) : All unambiguously optimized synapomorphies for this clade are from DNA sequences. Phenotypic synapomorphies are not known. Other characteristics include: (1) head scales usually smooth (slightly rugose in A. vieta and A. stellae); (2) frontoparietal and parietal scales paired; (3) interparietal, frontal and frontonasal scales single; (4) prefrontal scales usually absent (occasionally present in specimens of A. stellae); (5) lower eyelid divided into several scales; (6) loreal scale absent or present; (7) scale organs on labials present; (8) anteriormost supraocular and anteriormost superciliary scales unfused; (9) dorsal surface of the tongue covered in scale-like papillae; (10) nuchal scales smooth in most species (rugose in A. stellae and A. vieta); (11) dorsal body scales rectangular; smooth, keeled (low, rounded keel), striated (shallow furrows) or rugose; (12) ventral body scales smooth (rugose in A. stellae and A. vieta); (13) limbs pentadactyl; digits clawed; (14) femoral pores in males present, in females absent or present; and (15) hemipenial lobes large, distinct from hemipenial body. Andinosaura differs from Riama by having hemipenial lobes large, distinct from hemipenial body. It differs from Oreosaurus by having a narrow band of differentiated granular lateral scales. [SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO et al. 2017]. |
| Comment | This taxon was formerly referred to as Riama hyposticta, a rare species described on the basis of an adult male from northern Ecuador and here recorded from southwestern Colombia. Type species: Riama crypta is the type species of the genus Andinosaura SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO et al. 2017. |
| Etymology | Andinosaura (gender feminine), formed from the Spanish Andino (from the Andes) and the Latin Sauria (lizard), in reference to its distribution. The suffix is used commonly for gymnophthalmid genera. |
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