Types | Holotype: private collection (O. Arribas collection, OA 04082402), adult male, given as IPE 4000 (Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia, Jaca, Spain, belonging to CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), O. Arribas, leg. 25 Dec 2004. Types will be deposited in MNCN, O. Arribas, pers. comm., 31 Dec 2020. |
Comment | Iberolacerta galani sp. nov., is characterized by its relatively large size, high number of blue ocelli on the shoulders and the relatively frequent contact or near-contact between the supranasal and the first loreal scale, the fairly straight squamosal bone (only curved on its posterior part), a unique karyotype in Iberolacerta combining 2n=36 chromosomes, an L-type NOR and differentiated W and Z sex chromosomes, and unique mitochondrial DNA sequences for the cytochrome b and 12S rRNA genes.
This species has been previoulsy considered as Lacerta monticola cantabrica.
According to phylogenetic analyses, I. galani nov. is part of a very well supported clade that originated around 2.5 mya and also includes I. monticola and I. martinezricai.
herpetofauna and Natural History in general. |
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