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Bachia blairi (DUNN, 1940)

IUCN Red List - Bachia blairi - Near Threatened, NT
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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae, Bachiinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymScolecosaurus blairi DUNN 1940: 115
Bachia blairi — MCDIARMID & DEWEESE 1977
Bachia blairi — FRANK & RAMUS 1995
Bachia blairi — KÖHLER 2000: 99
Bachia blairi — SAVAGE 2002: 520
Bachia blairi — KÖHLER 2008
Bachia blairi — JARAMILLO et al. 2010
Bachia blairi — VILLAGRA et al. 2023 
DistributionPanama, Costa Rica

Type locality: Panama, Chiriqui, Puerto Armuelles  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 21773 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Close to S. pallidiceps (Cope); like it in having digits 4-3, and prefrontals separated; differing in not having a lateral light stripe.” (Dunn 1940) 
CommentSynonymy: McDiarmid & DeWeese (1977) consider B. blairi as valid species, after Dixon (1973) has synonymized it with B. pallidiceps. The only clear difference seems to be a bright dorsolateral stripe in pallidiceps that is missing from blairi.
 
EtymologyNamed after Mr. H.S. Blair, General Manager of the Chiriqui Land Company at Armuelles “whose assistance and hospitality has been deeply appreciated by many workers, including ourselves” (Dunn 1940). 
References
  • Barrio-Amorós, Cesar Luis, Michelle Quiroz, Cristian Porras-Ramírez, Rene Villanueva-Maldonado, Alejandro Estrada-García, Abel Batista 2023. Amphibians and reptiles encountered during an expedition to Panama. Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1): e18359 - get paper here
  • Batista, A., Hertz, A., Ponce, M. and Lotzkat, S. 2020. Notes on amphibians and reptiles from western Panama Notes on amphibians and reptiles from western Panama. Herpetology Notes 13: 219-229. - get paper here
  • Dunn,E.R. 1940. New and noteworthy herpetological material from Panamá. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 92: 105-122. - get paper here
  • Jaramillo, C., L. D. Wilson, R. Ibáñez, and F. Jaramillo 2010. The herpetofauna of Panama: distribution and conservation status. In L. D. Wilson, J. H. Townsend, and J. D. Johnson (eds.), Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles. Eagle Mountain Publishing LC, Eagle Mountain, Utah, Pg. 604–671
  • 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.
  • McDiarmid, Roy W.; DeWeese, James E. 1977. The systematic status of the lizard Bachia blairi (Dunn) 1940 (Reptilia: Teiidae) and its occurrence in Costa Rica. Brenesia 12/13: 143-153
  • Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 pp. [review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205]
  • Villagra, N. C., Garrido-Priego, M., & Escalante, R. N. 2023. Rediscovery of the rare earless lizard Bachia blairi (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas, Costa Rica after 28 years. Herpetology Notes, 16: 799-802
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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