Acratosaura spinosa RODRIGUES, CASSIMIRO, DE FREITAS & SANTOS SILVA, 2009
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Acratosaura spinosa
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Iphisini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Spiny Colobosaura Portuguese: Lagarto-Espinhoso |
| Synonym | Acratosaura spinosa RODRIGUES, CASSIMIRO, DE FREITAS & SANTOS SILVA 2009 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: at 1,250 m [elevation] at Fazenda Caraíbas (13º06'59"S 41º22'58"W), Serra do Sincorá, Espinhaço range, district of Cascavel, municipality of Mucugê, state of Bahia, Brazil. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: MZUSP 98088, an adult male, collected by Marco Antonio de Freitas and Thaís Figueiredo Santos Silva on 8 December 2005, field number MTR 13999. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: a gymnophthalmid with ear openings and eyelids, and slender pentadactyl limbs lacking the claw on the first toe. Frontonasal single; prefrontals, frontoparietals, parietals, interparietals, and occipitals present. Parietals longer than wide. Collar fold absent. Three pairs of genials; three supraoculars. Dorsal scales in 28–31 rows, strongly keeled, lanceolate, imbricate. Ventrals smooth, in four regular longitudinal and 17–18 transverse rows; external rows wider than long, midventral rows longer than wide. Scales around body 28–30; 14 and 19–20 infradigital lamellae under finger IV and toe IV respectively. Male with a continuous series of 13 total very conspicuous pores without gap between preanal and femoral (Fig. 3); pores absent in female. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | the specific epithet is given in reference to the spinose aspect of the body scales. |
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