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Macropholidus ataktolepis CADLE & CHUNA, 1995

IUCN Red List - Macropholidus ataktolepis - Data Deficient, DD
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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymMacropholidus ataktolepis CADLE & CHUNA 1995
Macropholis ataktolepis — LEHR 2002: 202 (in error) 
DistributionNW Peru

Type locality: “Bosque Cachil, approximately 3 km (airline) SE Contumazá, 2400 m, Cajamarca Department, Peru (7° 23’ S, 78° 47’ W)”.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 178050 
Diagnosis 
CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek ataktos (ἄτακτως), in an irregular, disorderly manner + Greek lepis (λεπίς), scale. [“...The species name, a noun in apposition derived from the Greek ataktos (disordered, irregular, not arranged) + lepis (scale), alludes to the disruption of the orderly array of enlarged dorsal rows in this species, as compared to the completely regular series in the type species of the genus...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Cadle J E; Chuna M P 1995. A new lizard of the genus Macropholidus (Teiidae) from a relictual humid forest of northwestern Peru, and notes on Macropholidus ruthveni Noble. Breviora (501): 1-39 - get paper here
  • Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Natur und Tier-Verlag (Münster), 208 pp. - get paper here
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
 
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