Oreosaurus cephalolineatus GARCIA-PEREZ & YUSTIZ, 1995
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Oreosaurus cephalolineatus
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Proctoporus cephalolineatus GARCIA-PEREZ & YUSTIZ 1995 Oreosaurus cephalolineatus — ESQUEDA et al. 2017 |
| Distribution | Venezuela (Lara: Cordillera de la Costa de Venezuela, Cordillera de Mérida), Trinidad |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ULABG 3202 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | This species is probably not a Proctoporus because it has prefrontals (DOAN & SCHARGEL 2003 and SCHARGEL, pers. comm.). Instead, it could belong to either Euspondylus or Pholidobolus. The single specimen of P. cephalolineatus could be an aberrant specimen of the geographically close P. inanis, a species from the Andes of Mérida recently described and now in the genus Riama (Doan & Schargel 2003; Doan & Castoe 2005), in which case the name P. cephalolineatus would have priority. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. |
| Etymology | Named after Greek kéfali (κεφάλη), head of man or beast + Latin lineatus, lined. [“...Superficie dorsal de la cabeza, parda, con numerosas manchas oscuras. Una línea clara difusa, que nace en el borde posterior de la comisura ocular, limitada por manchas oscuras, se extiende hasta la cola...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
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