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Potamites ocellatus (SINITSIN, 1930)

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymNeusticurus ocellatus SINITSIN 1930
Neusticurus ocellatus — VANZOLINI 1995
Neusticurus ocellatus — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Potamites ocellatus — DOAN & CASTOE 2005 
DistributionBolivia (Bolivia, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Beni)

Type locality: Rurrenabaque, Bolivia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 22512 
Diagnosis 
CommentHas been considered as synonym of Neusticurus ecpleopus (e.g. by PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970).

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. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin ocellatus, having ocelli, little eyes or buttonholes (in the sense of round spots). [“...a series of white, black-edged ocelli usually present on the sides...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Avila-Pires, Teresa C. S. and Laurie J. Vitt. 1998. A new species of Neusticurus (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Rio Juruá, Acre, Brazil. Herpetologica 54 (2):235-245. - get paper here
  • Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215 - get paper here
  • Doan, T. M. & Castoe, T.A. 2005. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 143: 405–416. - get paper here
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Sinitsin, D. T. 1930. Description of a new species of Neusticurus from South America (Lizards, Teiidae). American Museum Novitates (408): 1 - get paper here
  • Vanzolini, P. E. 1995. Neusticurus ocellatus, 1930: A valid species of teiid lizard from Bolivia. American Museum Novitates 3123: 1-7 - get paper here
 
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