Selvasaura almendarizae TORRES-CARVAJAL, PARRA, SALES NUNES & KOCH, 2021
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Selvasaura almendarizae
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Almendáriz’s Microtegu S: Microtegúes de Almendáriz |
| Synonym | Selvasaura almendarizae TORRES-CARVAJAL, PARRA, SALES NUNES & KOCH 2021 Unnamed clade 3 — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al., 2016 (in part.) Selvasaura sp. — MORAVEC et al., 2018 (in part.) Selvasaura sp. Ecuador — ECHEVARRÍA et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Ecuador Type locality: Ecuador, Provincia Napo, Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, 0841017.1700S, 7783601.4500W, WGS84, 1,350 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. QCAZ 12798 (Figs. 1, 2 in TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2021), adult male, 22 July 2014, collected by J. Camper. Paratypes (2): ECUADOR: Provincia Napo: QCAZ 5073, adult male, same collection data as holotype except 08400 46.96 00 S, 7783602.8100W, 1,250 m, 30 July 2012. Provincia Pastaza: QCAZ 9140, adult male, Zanjarajuno Ecological Center, 1822019.0800S, 77851057.9900W, 940 m, 20 March 2008, collected by P. Rivera, L. Coloma, and S. Ron. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species belongs to Selvasaura as defined by Moravec et al. (2018). However, in the absence of morphological synapomorphies defining Selvasaura, the new species is assigned to Selvasaura based on phylogenetic evidence (Fig. 8; see also Moravec et al., 2018). Selvasaura almendarizae sp. nov. differs from S. brava (Table 1) in having more femoral pores in males (9– 12 vs. 7–9, respectively), fewer gular collar scales (7–9 vs. 9–11), fewer transverse rows of dorsals (25–32 vs. 33–36), fewer scales around midbody (29–32 vs. 32–34), and fewer lateral scale rows (5 vs. 6–7). The new taxon can be further distinguished from S. brava and other Cercosaurinae species in having a unilobed hemipenis, which among microteiids has been reported only in a few species within Gymnophthalminae (Calyptommatus sp., Nothobachia ablephara, and Scriptosaura catimbau) and Alopoglossidae (Alopoglossus brevifrontalis, Alopoglossus festae, Alopoglossus kugleri, Alopoglossus myersi, and Alopoglossus plicatus; Nunes, 2011; Hernández-Morales et al., 2020). |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Brito-Zampata et al. 2023: 26 (Fig. 2) |
| Etymology | The specific name is a noun in the genitive case and is a patronym for Ana Almendáriz, former curator of Herpetology in the Museo de Historia Natural Gustavo Orcés at Escuela Politécnica Nacional del Ecuador. Ana Almendáriz is an Ecuadorian herpetologist who has made important contributions to the study of amphibians and reptiles from Ecuador including more than a dozen species descriptions. For more than three decades, she also has trained many young herpetologists. |
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