Iphisa pellegrino MELLO, RECODER, FOUQUET, RODRIGUES & NUNES, 2023
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Iphisa pellegrino
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Iphisini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Iphisa pellegrino MELLO, RECODER, FOUQUET, RODRIGUES & NUNES 2023: 17 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: Moiobamba, Purus River (right margin) (4° 43ʹ 37.7′′ S, 62° 07ʹ 49.5′′ W) municipality of Beruri, state of Amazonas, Brazil |
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| Types | Holotype: MZUSP 107623 (field number MTR 19144). Collected on 11 January 2010 by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Mauro Teixeira Jr, Renato Recoder, Antoine Fouquet, Marco Sena, José Mario Ghellere, Sérgio Marques de Souza and Francisco Dal Vecchio. Paratypes: Brazil: Amazonas: Campo Tupana: INPA 20302, INPA 20304, INPA 20305; Moiobamba, Purus River (right margin): MTR 19004, MTR 19094, MTR 19172, MTR 19177, MTR 19180, MTR 19365, MTR 19372; Rondônia: Porto Velho (UHE Jirau): MZUSP 103666, MZUSP 103667, MZUSP 103668, MZUSP 100244. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (i) Femoral pores in females present (0–20 pores, modal value = 14; absent in 27%); (ii) six supralabials (92%), with fourth supralabial being the largest (92%) and third supralabial under the eye (96%); (iii) prefrontal always present; and (iv) hemipenial morphotype 6. (Mello et al. 2023) |
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| Etymology | The name is a tribute to Katia Cristina Machado Pellegrino, renowned herpetologist and geneticist from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), for her relevant contribution to lizard cytogenetics and the systematics of Gymnophthalmidae. Name in apposition. |
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