Leposoma nanodactylus RODRIGUES, 1997

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Leposoma nanodactylus RODRIGUES 1997: 384 Leposoma nanodactylus — RODRIGUES & AVILA-PIRES 2005 Leposoma nanodactylus — DAMASCENO et al. 2020
Distribution	Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: Sao Jose do Macuco (Fazenda Unacau): State of Bahia: Brazil (15°09' S, 39°18’ W)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZUSP 66.474, an adult male, collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues on 15 October 1986.
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Comment	Sympatry: Leposoma nanodactylus occurs syntopically with Leposoma scincoides.
Etymology	Named after Greek nanos (νᾶνος), dwarf + Greek dactylos (δάκτυλος), finger, toe. (RODRIGUES 1997, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024)
References	Damasceno, Roberta P, Ana Carolina Carnaval, Chodon Sass, Renato Sousa Recoder, Craig Moritz, and Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues. 2020. Geographic Restriction, Genetic Divergence, and Morphological Disparity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forests: Insights from Leposoma Lizards (Gymnophthalmidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 154: 106993 - get paper here Rodrigues M T. 1997. A new species of Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Atlantic forest of Brazil. Herpetologica 53 (3): 383-389. - get paper here Rodrigues, Miguel T. and Teresa C. S. Avila-Pires 2005. New lizard of the genus Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Lower Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 39 (4): 541-546 - get paper here Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, et al. 2002. A new species of Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnopthalmidae) from the remnant Atlantic Forests of the state of Bahia, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 42 (14): 335-350 - get paper here Rojas-Padilla O, Menezes VQ, Dias IR, Argôlo AJS, Solé M, Orrico VGD 2020. Amphibians and reptiles of Parque Nacional da Serra das Lontras: an important center of endemism within the Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. ZooKeys 1002: 159-185 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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