Petracola shurugojalcapi MAMANI, VARGAS, CHAPARRO & CATENAZZI, 2023
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Petracola shurugojalcapi
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Petracola shurugojalcapi MAMANI, VARGAS, CHAPARRO & CATENAZZI 2023: 168 |
| Distribution | Peru (Amazonas) Type locality: Área de Conservación Privada Llamapampa-La Jalca, District of Jalca Grande, Province of Chachapoyas, Department of Amazonas, Peru (6°25’36” S; 77°45’56” W; 2,990 m asl), |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. PFAUNA 431, adult female (Figs. 7–9), collected by Victor Vargas on 30 May 2013. Paratypes. Seven specimens: Two adult males (PFAUNA 427, MUBI 17727), subadult male (PFAUNA 432), and two adult female (PFAUNA 429, MUBI 17726) from the same place as the holotype. A male (PFAUNA 430) and female (PFAUNA 433) were collected near the type locality (6°25’36” S; 77°45’56” W; ca. 2,990 m asl). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Petracola shurugojalcapi is diagnosed based on the following combination of characters: (1) frontonasal longer than frontal; (2) nasoloreal suture absent; (3) two supraoculars; (4) two discontinuous superciliaries, first expanded onto dorsal surface of head; (5) two postoculars; (6) palpebral disc transparent, divided vertically in two; (7) 3–4 supralabials anterior to the posteroventral angle of the subocular; (8) four anterior infralabials; (9) four genials in contact; (10) three rows of pregulars; (11) dorsal body scales rectangular, smooth, juxtaposed; (12) 29–32 scales around midbody; (13) 31–33 transverse dorsal rows; (14) 18–21 transverse ventral rows; (15) 19–23 longitudinal dorsal rows; (16) eight longitudinal ventral rows; (17) a continuous series of small lateral scales separating dorsals from ventrals; (18) 2–4 posterior cloacal plate scales; (19) two anterior preanal plate scales; (20) 5–6 femoral pores per hind limb in males, 2–3 in females; (21) preanal pores absent; (22) 8–9 subdigital lamellae on finger IV; 13–15 subdigital lamellae on toe IV; (23) limbs not overlapping when adpressed against body; (24) pentadactyl, digits clawed; (25) coloration of males in life is brown or dark brown with or without numerous cream spots distributed irregularly on flanks, and dorsum forming four discontinuous transversal lines, venter immaculate black or blackish gray; females with brown dorsum, numerous and irregular light brown or cream spot on flanks, venter blackish gray. Petracola shurugojalcapi can be distinguished from P. amazonensis by having dorsum brown with irregular dark spots, venter black with lateral cream spots, and two separate superciliaries (dorsum brown or dark-brown with irregular cream spots, venter orange with black spots forming transversal bands, and only first superciliary present in P. amazonensis); from P. angustisoma and P. pajatensis by not having a loreal scale (loreal scale present in P. angustisoma and P. pajatensis); from P. labioocularis by lacking precloacal pores and by having the posterior subocular not elongated downward (precloacal pores present and by having posterior subocular scale elongated downward and separates supralabials in P. labioocularis); from P. waka by having the palpebral disc divided vertically, two genial scales in contact, two discontinuous superciliary scales, venter black (palpebral disc entire, three genials in contact, four continuous superciliary scales, venter cream with small black spots in P. waka); from P. ventrimaculatus by having a maximum SVL in males of 51.0 mm, dorsum dark brown or black with some cream spots not forming bands, and venter dark with lateral cream spots (maximum SVL in males 71.1 mm, dorsum light brown with continuous black longitudinal bands, and venter cream with bold black transversal band in P. ventrimaculatus). (Mamani et al. 2023) |
| Comment | Distribution: For a map of type localities see Mamani et al. 2023: 167 (Fig. 6). |
| Etymology | Named after a combination of two local words: “shurugo” the local name for a gymnophthalmid lizard and “jalcapi” that means “from Jalca” in the Quechua language. The specific name was proposed by the inhabitants of La Jalca Grande. It is a noun in apposition. |
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