Pedioplanis serodioi PARRINHA, MARQUES, HEINICKE, KHALID, PARKER, TOLLEY, CHILDERS, CONRADIE, BAUER & CERÍACO, 2021
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Pedioplanis serodioi
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Pedioplanis serodioi PARRINHA, MARQUES, HEINICKE, KHALID, PARKER, TOLLEY, CHILDERS, CONRADIE, BAUER & CERÍACO 2021 Eremias benguelensis – BOULENGER 1918: 5 Eremias benguelensis – BOULENGER 1921: 287 Eremias benguelensis – PARKER 1936: 134 Eremias benguelensis – MERTENS 1954: 177 Eremias benguellensis – MONARD 1937: 72 Eremias benguellensis – MERTENS 1971: 59 Eremias undata undata – LAURENT 1964: 60 [part] Mesalina benguelensis – SZCZERBAK 1975: 24 Pedioplanis benguelensis – ARNOLD 1989: 213 Pedioplanis benguelensis – MAYER 1989: 135 Pedioplanis benguellensis – ARNOLD 1991: 785 Pedioplanis benguellensis – BRANCH 1998: 173 Pedioplanis benguellensis – CONRADIE et al. 2012: 95 Pedioplanis benguellensis – CERÍACO et al. 2016: 37 Pedioplanis benguellensis – MARQUES et al. 2018: 222 [part] Pedioplanis sp. – CERÍACO et al. 2020: 401 [part] |
| Distribution | SW Angola (Benguela, Namibe, Huíla, Cunene Provinces) Type locality: North side of the road from Namibe to Lubango, road marker 59, 1.8 km West (by road) of Caraculo [-15.01888°, 12.64014°, 491 m], Namibe Province, Angola |
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| Types | Holotype: CAS 254906, adult male collected by Luis M.P. Ceríaco, E.L. Stanley, Arianna L. Kuhn, Jens V. Vindum, Sango de Sá, Suzana Bandeira and Hilária Valério on 6 December 2013. Paratypes (n = 11): CAS; MHNCUP; PEM |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Pedioplanis serodioi can be distinguished from other Pedioplanis species in Angola and neighboring regions by the following combination of characters: (1) lower eyelid with a single blackedged, enlarged transparent scale; (2) four (rarely three, five or six) supralabials anterior to the subocular and two (rarely three) posteriorly; (3) One (sometimes two) row of small granules between the supraoculars and supraciliaries; (4) a group of 6–24 (<15 in 75% of specimens) small granules preceding the supraoculars; (5) ventral scales in ten longitudinal rows; (6) a pair of irregularly edged dorsolateral stripes or series of spots and a faint or absent vertebral stripe (Parrinha et al. 2021). |
| Comment | Distribution: The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History holds a series of specimens from northern Namibia (“Okjivakandu”, “Opuwo” and “Otjiwise”) that conform to P. serodioi in color pattern and the condition of the lower eyelid with a single transparent scale, a feature known only from P. gaerdesi and P. serodioi. If genetically confirmed, these records would expand the known distribution of P. serodioi into adjacent Namibia (Parrinha et al. 2021). Synonymy: Previous records of Pedioplanis benguelensis from Angola, characterized by the presence of a single transparent scale on the lower eyelid, are referred to Pedioplanis serodioi (e.g. Boulenger 1921: 287; Conradie et al. 2012: 95; Ceríaco et al. 2016). The material referred by Laurent (1964: 60) to Pedioplanis undata undata comprises specimens of both Pedioplanis haackei and Pedioplanis serodioi. Sympatry: It occurs sympatrically with other Angolan congeners in several localities across its range. |
| Etymology | The species is named after the Angolan scholar João Manuel Serôdio de Almeida (1943–present), professor of the Biology Department of the Faculty of Sciences of Agostinho Neto University, Luanda, Angola. João Serôdio has had a pivotal role in scientific research and biodiversity conservation in Angola, as manager of several conservation areas, Vice-Minister for the Environment (1997–2000) and by training several generations of Angolan biologists. Prof. Serôdio has been a strong supporter and advocate of the present herpetological research in Angola. The name is formed in the genitive masculine singular. We propose the English common name of Serôdio’s Sand Lizard, and the Portuguese common name of Lagartixa da Areia de Serôdio (Parrinha et al. 2021). |
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