Brachyseps punctatus (RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1993)
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Brachyseps punctatus
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Amphiglossus punctatus RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM 1993: 335 Amphiglossus punctatus — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 315 Amphiglossus punctatus — SCHMITZ et al. 2005 Amphiglossus punctatus — MIRALLES et al. 2011 Brachyseps punctatus — ERENS et al. 2017 |
| Distribution | Madagascar Type locality: next to the Efarilampo River (tributary of the Itadreha River), 24°06' S, 47°20' E, 50 m altitude, Marovony Forest, 22 km north of Manantenina, Tôlanaro (Fort Dauphin) Fivondronana, Toliara (Tulear) Province, Madagascar, |
| Reproduction | Amphiglossus punctatus is the first member of the genus known to be ovovivparous. |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 195749, an adult female, collected 6 December 1990 by Christopher J. Raxworthy; Paratypes: UMMZ |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Amphiglossus, 73 mm maximum SVL with 22 longitudinal rows of scales around the midbody (all the same size), 64-69 scales between mental scale and anal scale, 30-31 presacral vertebrae, 17-20 lamellae under the fourth toe of the hindfoot. Dorsal coloration is pale brown, with each scale marked with a single brown spot on body, limbs and tail; head longitudinally striped with stripes running down to shoulders or full length of the body; a central pair of dark brown stripes which diverge at snout tip, run back through supraocularso nto the shoulders, and may continue down the lower back;a second lateral stripe running along the upper labials, through eye and onto neck, before fading. No other species of Amphiglossus has markingslike A. punctatus. Amphiglossus melanopleura is the only other species that has similar scale counts and numbers of presacral vertebrae,but it can be separated from A. punctatus by the following characters: A. melanopleura has fewer ventrals between the mental and anal scale (56-63), fewer lamellae under the fourth toe of the hindfoot (10-16), is smaller in size (maximum SVL 52 mm), and lacks longitudinal stripes on the head (Brygoo, 1984a; Raxworthy & Nussbaum 1993: 336). |
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| Etymology | The name describes the distinct spotted coloration of this species, in which each dorsal scale is marked by a single dark spot. |
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