Iphisa surui MELLO, RECODER, FOUQUET, RODRIGUES & NUNES, 2023
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Iphisa surui
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Iphisini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Iphisa surui MELLO, RECODER, FOUQUET, RODRIGUES & NUNES 2023: 14 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Rondônia) Type locality: municipality of Vilhena, Rondônia state, Brazil, 12° 44ʹ 15.9′′ S, 60° 10ʹ 12.3′′ W; seasonal semideciduous forest. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: UFMT 10126 (field number LTJV 60). Collected on 25 October 2007 by D. Morais. Paratypes: Brazil: Mato Grosso: Apiacás: MZUSP 81634, UFMT 7242, UFMT 9399; Aripuanã: MZUSP 82655, MZUSP 82656, MZUSP 82669; Colniza: UFMT 7843, UFMT 7858; Jauru: UFMT 2843, UFMT 2844; Nova Bandeirantes: UFMT 5959, UFMT 5962, UFMT 6762, UFMT 6787, UFMT 6789; Vale de São Domingos (UHE Guaporé): PUCRS 14062, PUCRS 14068, UFMT 867; Rondônia: Vilhena: CHUNB 11457, CHUNB 11458, CHUNB 11459. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (i) Femoral pores frequently absent in females (0–20 pores, modal value = 0; absent in 88%); (ii) seven supralabials (95%), with fifth supralabial being the largest (95%) and third and fourth under the eye (95%); (iii) prefrontal present (91%); (iv) hemipenial morphotype 1; and (v) the smallest species in the genus; largest male SVL 51.3 mm; largest female SVL 51.6 mm. (Mello et al. 2023) |
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| Etymology | Named in honor of Ivaneide Bandeira Cardozo, also known as Neidinha Suruí, indigenist and director of the Kanindé Ethno-environmental Defence Association. As an amazon defender, Ivaneide Bandeira Cardozo fights in defence of the forest and indigenous peoples. In addition, the name honours the Paiter-Suruí ethnic group, who live on the border between the states of Mato Grosso and Rondônia (Brazil), where this species occurs. Suruí can mean, in Tupi, ‘river that slides’). Name in apposition. |
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