Cercosaura anomala (MÜLLER, 1923)
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Cercosaura anomala
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Anomalous Cercosaura |
| Synonym | Pholidobolus anomalus MÜLLER 1923: 58 Pholidobolus anomalus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 220 Cercosaura anomala — MAMANI et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Peru (Cuzco) Type locality: Cuzco (= Cusco), Peru. Neotype locality: Puente Ruinas, Santuario Histórico de Machupicchu, District of Machupicchu, Province of Urubamba, Department of Cusco, Peru (13°09′42′′ S, 72°32′07′′ W, at 2060 m). |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Neotype: MUBI 5277 (Figure 3), an adult male, collected by J.C. Chaparro on 20 April 1998; neotype designated by Mamani et al. 2020. Holotype: lost, was ZSM 29/1918 (lost fide Franzen & Glaw 2007), male. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Mamani et al. 2020: 10 (not copyable because of terrible formatting). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 8289 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Phylogenetics: Pholidobolus anomalus does not belong to Pholidobolus according to Montanucci (1973) and TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2014. Not included by TORRES-CARVAJAL & MAFLA-ENDARA 2013 but probably due to the lack of samples. The issue was solved by Mamani et al. 2020 who assigned anomala to Cercosaurua. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet “anomalus” is a nominative adjective in ancient Latin meaning irregular (anomalus), which implicitly refers to the presence and irregular shape of the prefrontal scales. |
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