Lepidophyma ramirezi LARA-TUFIÑO & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA, 2021
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Lepidophyma ramirezi
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| Higher Taxa | Xantusiidae (Lepidophyminae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Lepidophyma ramirezi LARA-TUFIÑO & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA 2021 Lepidophyma flavimaculatum DUMÉRIL in DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851:138, part. Lepidophyma flavimaculatum — DUMÉRIL 1852: Plate 17, part. Lepidophyma flavimaculatum — BEZY & CAMARILLO-RANGEL 2002, part. Lepidophyma flavimaculatum — NOONAN et al. 2013, part. |
| Distribution | Mexico (Chiapas) Type locality: General Cárdenas, municipality of Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico (16.906478N, –93.718398W; datum = WGS84 |
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| Types | Holotype. MZFC-HE 35657, Adult male, (Field no. UOGV 3344) (WGS84 for all coordinates),, collected in a rock crevice within a fragment of tropical evergreen forest by R. Herna ́ ndez-Austria, U. Garc ́ıa- Vázquez, L.M. Badillo-Saldan ̃a, A.E. Valdenegro-Brito, and J.D. Lara-Tufin ̃o on 10 October 2018. Paratypes. Eleven specimens; 10 from Chiapas and 1 from Tabasco, Mexico. Chiapas: 3 specimens (MZFC-HE 35654, 35655, and 35656) from the same locality as the holotype; 2 (MZFC-HE 35652 and 35653) from El Aguacero, municipality of Ocozocoautla (16.7594338N, –93.5264658W), 595-m elevation; 3 (MZFC-HE 35658, 35659, and 35661) from the edges of the Chicoase ́n Dam, El Para ́ıso, municipality of Osumacinta (16.9146488N, –93.0648278W), 655-m elevation; 1 (ENEPI 3793) from the headwaters of R ́ıo La Venta, municipality of Tecpata ́n (17.0491078N, –93.8055058W), 282-m elevation; and 1 (MZFC-HE 35660) from Subteniente Pedro Sánchez, municipality of Jiquipilas (16.7158318N, –93.5467488W), 605-m elevation. Tabasco: 1 specimen (MZFC-HE 30407) from Cerro Las Flores, road to Ejido Francisco J. Mu ́jica, 5.70 road km WSW of Mex-145 intersection, municipality of Huimanguillo (17.3289468N, –93.6287878W), 680-m eleva- tion. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=12): Lepidophyma ramirezi may be distinguished from all other species of Lepidophyma by the following combination of characters: (1) 47 to 53 GUL scales, (2) pyramidal tubercles present on the dorsal and lateral regions of the body, (3) paravertebral tubercles heterogeneous in size and interspersed with granular scales, (4) 25 to 31 LTR, (5) 25 to 31 lamellae on the fourth toe, (6) 33 to 42 femoral pores, (7) lateral preanal scale approximately one-half to three-fourths as wide as the median preanal scale (RPAW 1⁄4 0.43–0.74,X ̄1⁄40.58),and(8)paleparietalspotpresenton the posterior third of the interparietal scale. (Lara-Tufino & Nieto-Montes de Oca 2021) 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 14697 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in LARA-TUFIÑO & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA 2021: 331 (Fig. 6). |
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