Holcosus niceforoi (DUNN, 1943)

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Higher Taxa	Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ameiva festiva niceforoi DUNN 1943: 1 Ameiva festiva niceforoi — PETERS et al. 1970: 22 Ameiva niceforoi — ECHTERNACHT 1970 Holcosus niceforoi —HARVEY et al. 2012
Distribution	Colombia (Tolima) Type locality: Sasaima, 75 km NW of Bogotá, Colombia, elevation 1200 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ANSP 24300
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (n=5). A form of festiva, identical with it in size, in proportions, and in scalation, but remarkably different in markings. A wide, light. straight-edged, dorsal band (involving 30-34 granules in crosswise count) extends forwards to involve all the parietals and fades out on the head. (Dunn 1943) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about .39 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material.
Comment
Etymology	Named after the collector of the type, Hermano Niceforó Maria.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Dunn, E.R. 1943. A new race of Ameiva festiva from Colombia. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) 126: 1-2 Echternacht, Arthur C. 1970. Taxonomic and ecological notes on some Middle and South American lizards of the genus Ameiva (Teiidae). Breviora (354): 1-9 - get paper here HARVEY, MICHAEL B.; GABRIEL N. UGUETO & RONALD L. GUTBERLET, Jr. 2012. Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata). Zootaxa 3459: 1–156 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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