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Desertum lugoi (MCCOY, 1970)

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Higher TaxaAnguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lugo's Alligator Lizard
S: Lagartija Escorpion de Lugo 
SynonymGerrhonotus lugoi MCCOY 1970
Barisia lugoi — WADDICK & SMITH 1974
Gerrhonotus lugoi — GOOD 1988
Gerrhonotus lugoi — GOOD 1994
Gerrhonotus lugoi — LINER 1994
Gerrhonotus lugoi — LINER 2007
Gerrhonotus lugoi — GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ et al. 2018
Desertum lugoi — BLAIR et al. 2022 
DistributionMexico (Coahuila: Sierra de San Marcos y Pinos and Sierra de la Madera mountains surrounding the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin; Nuevo León).

Type locality: N tip of Sierra de San Marcos, approximately 11 km SW of Cuatro Ciénegas de Carranza.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CM 49012 
DiagnosisDiagnosis and definition (genus Desertum): A small-sized member of the subfamily Gerrhonotinae with postrostral scale single or absent; anterior internasal and frontonasal scales present; supranasal scales separated from postnasal scales and from each other; cantholoreal scale absent; superciliary scales six; primary temporal scales five; subocular scales three; supralabial scales 14–15; dorsal scales smooth; nuchal scale rows 10; longitudinal dorsal scale rows 18–20; transverse dorsal scale rows 56; longitudinal ventral scale rows 14–15; scales on the trailing edges of the limbs granular; and subgranular scales on the leading edges of the shanks absent.


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CommentAbundance: Known from only 12 specimens (BRYSON & GRAHAM 2010, GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ et al. 2016)

Type species: Gerrhonotus lugoi MCCOY 1970 is the type species of the genus Desertum GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ, NIETO-MONTES DE OCA & BRYSON JR Jr in BLAIR et al. 2022.

Distribution: see map in Blair et al. 2021: Figure 1. 
EtymologyNamed after Jose "Pepe" Lugo Guajardo.

The genus name comes from the Latin noun ‘desertum’, in the nominative singular neuter, meaning ‘desert, wilderness, or unfrequented places’, in reference to the remote arid habitats inhabited by the species of the genus. 
References
  • Banda-Leal J, Lazcano D, Barriga-Vallejo C, Nevárez-de los Reyes M 2018. New records of Gerrhonotus parvus Knight & Scudday, 1985 (Squamata, Anguidae) in the state of Coahuila, México. Check List 14(3): 523-528 - get paper here
  • Banda-Leal, Javier; Manuel Nevárez-de los Reyes, and Robert W. Bryson, Jr. 2017. A New Species of Pygmy Alligator Lizard (Squamata: Anguidae) from Nuevo León, México. Journal of Herpetology 51 (2): 223-226. - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bezy, Robert L. 2020. John William Wright— Recollections of Juan Siempre Correcto. Sonoran Herpetologist 33 (3): 83-92
  • Blair, Christopher; Robert W Bryson, Uri O García-Vázquez, Adrián Nieto-Montes De Oca, David Lazcano, John E Mccormack, John Klicka 2021. Phylogenomics of alligator lizards elucidate diversification patterns across the Mexican Transition Zone and support the recognition of a new genus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 135 (1): 25–39 [print January 2022, online 25 November 2021] - get paper here
  • Bryson, Robert W. and Matthew R. Graham. 2010. A new alligator lizard from northeastern Mexico. Herpetologica 66 (1): 92-98 - get paper here
  • García-Vázquez, Uri Omar; Arturo Contreras-Arquieta, Marysol Trujano-Ortega, and Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca 2018. A New Species of Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Herpetologica 74 (3): 269-278. - get paper here
  • García-Vázquez, Uri Omar; Elí García-Padilla, Gerson Josué Herrera-Enríquez 2016. First record of the alligator lizard Gerrhonotus lugoi (Squamata: Anguidae) for the State of Nuevo León, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 3 (12): - get paper here
  • García‐Vázquez UO, Nieto‐Montes de Oca A, Bryson RW Jr, Schmidt‐Ballardo W, Pavón‐Vázquez CJ. 2018. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the genus Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae). J Biogeogr. XX:1–13 - get paper here
  • Good, D.A. 1988. Phylogenetic relationships among gerrhonotine lizards; an analysis of external morphology. Univ. California Publ. Zool. 121: 139 pp. - get paper here
  • Good, David A. 1994. Species limits in the genus Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae). Herpetological Monographs 8: 180-202 - get paper here
  • Lazcano D, Nevárez-de los Reyes M, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, Wilson LD. 2019. The herpetofauna of Coahuila, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 31–94 (e189) - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR 2016. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Coahuila, Mexico, with comparison with adjoining states. ZooKeys 593: 117-137, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.593.8484 - get paper here
  • Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here
  • McCoy, C. J. 1970. A new alligator lizard (genus Gerrhonotus) from the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 15 (1): 37-44 - get paper here
  • Nevárez-de-los-Reyes, Manuel, David Lazcano, Elí García-Padilla, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The Herpetofauna of Nuevo León, Mexico: Composition, Distribution, and Conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (3): 558–638 - get paper here
  • Ocampo Salinas, Manuel, J., Castillo-cerón, J. M., Manríquez-morán, N., Goyenechea, I., & Casagranda, M. D. 2019. Endemism of lizards in the Chihuahuan Desert province: An approach based on endemicity analysis. Journal of Arid Environments - get paper here
  • Waddick, J. W.; Smith, H. M. 1974. The significance of the scale characteristics in evaluation of the lizard genera Gerrhonotus, Elgaria, and Barisia. Great Basin Naturalist 34 (4): 257-266 - get paper here
 
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