Iphisa dorothy MELLO, RECODER, FOUQUET, RODRIGUES & NUNES, 2023
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Iphisa dorothy
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Iphisini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Iphisa dorothy MELLO, RECODER, FOUQUET, RODRIGUES & NUNES 2023: 16 Iphisa elegans (‘Candidate species II’) — NUNES et al. 2012: 361 (part) Iphisa elegans — RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR et al. 2017: 169 (part) |
| Distribution | Brazil (Amazonas) Type locality: Comunidade São Sebastião dos Bargas (3° 47ʹ 23.5′′ S, 59° 02ʹ 06.8′′ W; WGS 84) municipality of Nova Olinda do Norte, state of Amazonas, Brazil |
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| Types | Holotype: CHUFPE R-1366 (field number SMS 648). Collected on 16 July 2010 by Sérgio Marques de Souza. Paratypes: Brazil: Amazonas: Comunidade Projó: INPA 18432, INPA 18445; Igarapé-Açú, Abacaxis River (right margin): MZUSP 100251; São Sebastião, Abacaxis River (left margin): MZUSP 100249, MZUSP 100253; Pará: Santarém (RESEX Tapajós Arapiuns): MPEG 11023, MPEG 11059. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (i) Femoral pores in females may be present or absent (0–22 pores, modal value = 0; absent in 34%); (ii) six supralabials (91%), with fourth supralabial frequently the largest (75%) and third supralabial frequently under the eye (89%); (iii) prefrontal always present; and (iv) exclusive hemipenial morphotype 2. (Mello et al. 2023) |
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| Etymology | Named in honour of Dorothy Mae Stang, known as Sister Dorothy, an American-Brazilian mis- sionary and defender of the Amazon, who dedicated herself to defending peasants’ land rights and to creating forest protection projects. Sister Dorothy was brutally murdered in Anapu, Pará, at the age of 73 years, on 12 February 2005. May she always be remembered as a symbol of the struggle of indigenous peoples for their rights to self-determination and the fight for the preser- vation of the Amazon. Name in apposition. |
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