Echinosaura centralis DUNN, 1944
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Echinosaura centralis
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Echinosaura centralis DUNN 1944 Echinosaura centralis — VÁSQUEZ-RESTREPO et al. 2019 Echinosaura centralis — YÁNEZ-MUÑOZ et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Colombia Type locality: Muzo (Humbo) [Boyacá department, Colombia]’ and ‘Robledo (near Medellin) [Antioquia department, Colombia]. Neotype locality: Colombia, department of Antioquia, municipality of San Rafael, embalse Jaguas, Caño Girón (6° 23’ 54.672’ N, 75° 01’ 37.092’ W, 1275 m a.s.l.). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Neotype: MHUA-R 13332, an adult male, collected on 23 August 2017 by Juan D. Vásquez-Restrepo. Original type(s): MLS (8 specimens), destroyed or lost, probably during the fire of the MLS in 1948 (fide VÁSQUEZ-RESTREPO et al. 2019). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The following data are based on 70 examined specimens (referred material listed in Supporting Information, Appendix SII). Echinosaura centralis possesses the following characteristics: (1) snout pointed; (2) internasal divided longitudinally (rarely single); (3) frontonasals paired; (4) frontal single and long (it extends up to the middle of the eyes); (5) frontoparietals paired; (6) supraoculars two or three, large; (7) supralabials 4–6 (usually five); (8) infralabials 3–5 (usually four); (9) postmental single; (10) large chin shields in one pair; (11) two paravertebral ridges, separated from each other by usually five or more small, irregular scales; (12) spine-like scales forming oblique lines on lateral surface of body; (13) ventral scales squared, usually keeled; (14) subdigital lamellae on the fourth finger 12–18; (15) subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe 20–27; (16) femoral pores per hind limb in males 4–9; (17) dorsal surface of tail with two parallel ridges, formed by a series of increasing in size scales from the anterior margin of each caudal segment; lateral surface of tail with more-developed scales forming longitudinal ridges (coded as ‘= pattern’); (18) subcaudals per caudal segment three (when tail is not regenerated); (19) dorsum brown or dark brown, relatively uniform, sometimes with yellowish marks and/or two spots more or less distinguishable at the base of tail; ventral surface of head and neck mainly light brown, except on the anterior part where there is a darker ground colour with some transverse cream blotches, extending to labial scales; ventral surface of body (including limbs) mainly light brown spotted with dark brown or cream, while that of tail almost completely dark. Colouration in preservative is darker in some specimens [VÁSQUEZ-RESTREPO et al. 2019]. 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 117 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Uzzell 1965 synonymized E. centralis with E. h. palmeri, but VÁSQUEZ-RESTREPO et al. 2019 revalidated it. Distribution: see map in Vásquez-Restrepo & Daza 2025: 132 (Fig. 2) |
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