Proctoporus otishi MAMANI & RODRÍGUEZ, 2022
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Proctoporus otishi
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Proctoporus otishi MAMANI & RODRÍGUEZ 2022 |
| Distribution | Peru (Junín) Type locality: north of Cordillera de Vilcabamba (11°39′36′′S, 73°40′02′′W, 3350 m a.s.l.), Parque Nacional Otishi, province Satipo, department Junín, in Peru |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. MUSM 20754, adult male (Fig. 2). Collected by Lily O. Rodríguez on June 14th, 1997. Paratypes. Two females (Fig. 3) from the same locality as the holotype collected by Lily O. Rodríguez on June 7th (MUSM 20753) and June 18th, 1997 (MUSM 20755). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) Frontonasal subequal, longer or shorter than frontal; (2) nasoloreal suture absent; (3) two supraoculars; (4) four superciliaries; (5) two postoculars; (6) palpebral disc undivided and transparent; (7) four supralabials anterior to the posteroventral angle of the subocular; (8) three anterior infralabials; (9) six genials and four in contact; (10) three rows of pregulars; (11) dorsal body scales quadrangular, keeled, sub imbricate; (12) 32–35 scales around midbody; (13) 33–38 transverse dorsal rows; (14) 20–21 transverse ventral rows; (15) 22–25 longitudinal dorsal rows; (16) 10 longitudinal ventral rows; (17) two rows of continuous series of small lateral scales separating dorsals from ventrals per side; (18) 5–6 posterior cloacal plate scales; (19) two anterior preanal plate scales; (20) four femoral pores per hind limb in a male, absent in females; (21) preanal pores absent; (22) 11–13 subdigital lamellae on finger IV; 16–17 subdigital lamellae on toe IV; (23) limbs not overlapping when addressed against body; (24) pentadactyl, digits clawed; (25) in life, the dorsum is purple brown with tiny cream-colored spots, the flanks have enlarged cream-colored spots distributed irregularly from head to tail and the surface of the forelimbs and hindlimbs are similar to the flanks (Fig. 3); in preservative, the dorsum, head, and dorsal surface of the tail are dark brown, the flanks of the body, tail and dorsal surface of the limbs are dark brown with small and irregular cream-colored spots, and the venter, throat, and ventral surface of the limbs and tail are dark brown (Fig. 2). The measurements are shown in Table 1. (MAMANI & RODRÍGUEZ 2022) |
| Comment | Generic assignment: Based on the presence of imbricate and scale-like papillae on the tongue; smooth head scales without striations or rugosities; eyelids containing an undivided translucent disc; quadrangular elongated dorsal scales that are keeled, juxtaposed, and form a transversal series only; and squarish posterior gulars (collar scales), we tentatively assigned this new species to Proctoporus (sensu Doan & Castoe 2005). Apparently the authors did not sequence any DNA. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet otishi is a term that refers to the place where the new species was found— Parque Nacional Otishi, north of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba in Peru. |
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