Pholidobolus ulisesi VENEGAS, CHEVARRÍA, LOBOS, SALES-NUNES & TORRES-CARVAJAL, 2016
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Pholidobolus ulisesi
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Pholidobolus ulisesi VENEGAS, CHEVARRÍA, LOBOS, SALES-NUNES & TORRES-CARVAJAL 2016 Cercosaura vertebralis — DOAN & CUSI 2014 (part) Pholidobolus sp. —TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2015: 286 Pholidobolus sp. — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2016: 70 (Fig. 2) |
| Distribution | Peru (Cajamarca) Type locality: Bosque de Huamantanga (5°39’48.09’’ S, 78°56’35.8’’ W), at 2,211 m elevation, Huabal district, Jaén province, Cajamarca department, Peru |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: CORBIDI 12734, an adult male, collected on 7 March 2013 by P.J. Venegas. Paratypes (17): CORBIDI 12740–46 juveniles, COR- BIDI 12735–36, 12739 adult males, CORBIDI 12737–38 adult females, all collected with the holotype; CORBIDI 00871–73, an adult female, an adult male and a juvenile, respectively, from El Chaupe (5°14 ́8.16” S, 79°5 ́56.58” W), at 2,016 m elevation, Namballe district, San Ignacio province, Cajamarca department, Peru, collected by M. Dobiey on 24 August 2008; CORBIDI 14889, an adult female, and CORBIDI 14896, a juvenile, from San Feli- pe de Jaén (5°45’10.854” S, 79°14’19.881” W), at 2,641 m elevation, Jaén province, Cajamarca department, Peru collected by K. Garcia on 26 September 2014. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Pholidobolus affinis, P. dicrus (Fig. 4A), P. hillisi (Fig. 4B), P. prefrontalis, and P. vertebralis (Fig. 4C) differ from the new species in having prefrontal scales. Pholidobolus montium and P. macbrydei have striated and quadrangular dorsal scales (strongly keeled and hexagonal in P. ulisesi), and lack the conspicuous narrow, pale brown, vertebral stripe present in P. ulisesi. In addition, the new species has fewer dorsal scales (28–31, x̄ = 29.75) than P. affinis (45–55), P. montium (35–50), P. prefrontalis (37–46), and P. macbrydei (31–43). |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet “ulisesi” is a noun in the genitive case and a patronym for Ulises Gamonal Guevara, for his significant contribution to the archaeology of Cajamarca in northwestern Peru. One of his major contributions is the discovery of the >6,000-year-old Faical cave paintings in San Ignacio, declared as Cultural Patrimony of the Nation. |
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