Iphisa munduruku MELLO, RECODER, FOUQUET, RODRIGUES & NUNES, 2023
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Iphisa munduruku
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Iphisini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Iphisa munduruku MELLO, RECODER, FOUQUET, RODRIGUES & NUNES 2023: 19 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: Igarapé-Açú, Abacaxis River (right margin) (4° 20ʹ 39.0′′ S, 58° 38ʹ 06.0′′ W), state of Amazonas, Brazil |
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| Types | Holotype: MZUSP 100256 (Field number MTR 12772). Collected on 1 September 2007 by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues and collaborators. Paratypes: Brazil: Amazonas: Igarapé-Açú, Abacaxis River (right margin): MZUSP 100257, MZUSP 100258, MZUSP 100259; São Sebastião, Abacaxis River (left margin): MZUSP 100252. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (i) Femoral pores absent in the only female known; (ii) six supralabials, with fourth supralabial being the largest and third supralabial under the eye; (iii) prefrontals always present; and (iv) exclusive hemipenial morphotype 3. (Mello et al. 2023) |
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| Etymology | Name in apposition. The name honours Alessandra Korap Munduruku, indigenous leader of the Munduruku ethnic group and an Amazon defender, who fights in defence of demarcation of indigenous territory and the protection of this land, denouncing exploitation and illegal activities in mining, prospecting and the logging industry. Internationally recognized for her work, she received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 2020 in the USA. Alessandra became one of the main voices of indigenous resistance throughout Brazil. In addition, the name honours the Munduruku ethnic group, which occurs in the Coatá-Laranjal indigenous area, close to the Abacaxis River, where this species occurs. Munduruku can mean ‘red ant’. |
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