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Psychosaura agmosticha (RODRIGUES, 2000)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Víbora 
SynonymMabuya agmosticha RODRIGUES 2000
Psychosaura agmosticha — HEDGES & CONN 2012: 137 
DistributionNE Brazil (Alagoas, Paraiba, “Caatingas”, Ceará, Sergipe, Pernambuco)

Type locality: Xingo (09°24'S, 37°58'W; approximatelly 450 m elevation); State of Alagoas, Brazil  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 79189, an adult male, collected by Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr. on 10 May 1994 at the northern margin of the dam . Paratypes. MZUSP 78947-78949, MZUSP 79164, MZUSP 79167-79170, MZUSP 79172-79188, 79190-79197. Same data of the holotype, collected between 10 May and II June 1994. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus). Species in this genus are characterized by (1) frontoparietals, two, (2) supraciliaries, 4–5, (3) supraoculars, four, (4) prefrontal contact, absent, (5) parietal contact, present, (6) rows of nuchals, 1–2, (7) dorsals + ventrals, 114 in one specimen of P. macrorhyncha scored by us (50–58 dorsals and 33–38 ventrals, counted by a different method; Rodrigues et al. 2000), (8) total lamellae, 201, (9) dark middorsal stripe, absent, (10) dark dorsolateral stripes, present, (11) dark lateral stripe, present, and (12) dark ventral striping, absent. They are intermediate in size, with a range of maximum body sizes among the species of 74–85 mm (Vrcibradic & Rocha 2011) (Table 2). 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific name is an adject ive referring to the abrupt termination of the body stripes in this species.

Etymology (genus). The generic name (Psychosaura) is a feminine noun from the Greek psyche (mind) and saura (lizard), meaning “thinking lizard,” in allusion to the prominent heads, gracile bodies, and agile, active habits of the species. 
References
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