Iphisa soinii DIXON, 1974

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Iphisini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Glossy Shade Lizard Portuguese: Briba, Calango, Calango-Cobra, Lagartinho-de-Folhiço, Lagartixa, Lagarto-da-Terra, Lagarto-de-Folhiço
Synonym	Iphisa elegans soinii DIXON 1974 Iphisa elegans soinii — RIBEIRO-JUNIOR & AMARAL 2016 Iphisa soinii — MELLO et al. 2023: 11
Distribution	Peru and Bolivia Type locality: Nuevo Tocache, Departmento San Martin, Peru, 650 m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 193623, adult male. Collected by Wade C. Sherbrooke, 1967. Paratypes: USNM 193622, 193624–25, San Martin; Nuevo Tocache. Topotypes: MCZ 126760, La Paz trail, Imparia, Department of Loreto, Peru; UMMZ 68090, Departament of Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (soinii): Identical elegans in all characters except absence of prefrontals and higher average number (25.0) of femoral-preanalpores, rather than 19.3.
Comment	Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named after Pekka Soini (1941–2004), Finnish naturalist and herpetologist active in Iquitos (Peru).
References	Dixon, J. R. 1974. Systematic review of the microteiid genus Iphisa. Herpetologica 30 (2): 133-139 - get paper here Mello, A. V. Albano de; Recoder, R. S., Fouquet, A., Rodrigues, M. T., & Nunes, P. M. 2023. Integrative taxonomy of the Iphisa elegans Gray, 1851 species complex (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) leads to the description of five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlad073 - get paper here Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Silvana Amaral 2016. Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia. Neotropical Biodiversity, 2:1, 195-421 - get paper here Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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