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Pholidobolus argosi AMÉZQUITA, MAZARIEGOS-H, CAÑAVERAL, OREJUELA, BARRAGÁN-CONTRERAS & DAZA, 2023

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPholidobolus argosi AMÉZQUITA, MAZARIEGOS-H, CAÑAVERAL, OREJUELA, BARRAGÁN-CONTRERAS & DAZA 2023: 126 
DistributionColombia (Antioquia)

Type locality: municipality of Andes, 5°29.92'N, 75°54.27'W, 2500 m elevation, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve, in secondary forest, amidst the leaf litter.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. MHUA-R13905, Adult male. Field original label: “AA_7058.” (Figs 1, 3; Table 2), 7 October 2020. Collected by Ubiel Rendón and Luis A. Mazariegos-H.
Paratypes. Fourteen males, six females, and one juvenile. Table 2 shows field codes, localities, elevation, and geographic coordinates. Eighteen specimens were collected in Colombia, Antioquia: municipality of Andes, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve (MPNR), and one in Colombia, Caldas: municipality of Riosucio, MPNR, years 2018, 2019, and 2020. Collected by Ubiel Rendón, Luis A. Mazariegos, Jorge Jaramillo, and Osman López. The two other specimens from Colombia, Antioquia: Andes, Santa Rita, year 2009. Collected by Cornelio Bota. 
Diagnosis 
CommentInformation request form sent to authors on 4/2/2023 with details requested for next database release. 
References
  • Amézquita A, Mazariegos-H LA, Cañaveral S, Orejuela C, Barragán-Contreras LA, Daza JM 2023. Species richness under a vertebral stripe: integrative taxonomy uncovers three additional species of Pholidobolus lizards (Sauria, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the north-western Colombian Andes. ZooKeys 1141: 119–148
 
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