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Alopoglossus gorgonae (HARRIS, 1994)

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Higher TaxaAlopoglossidae, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPtychoglossus gorgonae HARRIS 1994: 244
Ptychoglossus gorgonae — TORRES-CARVAJAL 2001
Ptychoglossus gorgonae — CASTRO-HERRERA et al. 2012
Alopoglossus gorgonae — HERNÁNDEZ-MORALES et al. 2020 
DistributionS Colombia (Pacific versant), Ecuador, Gorgona Idland, Gorgonilla Island

Type locality: Isla Gorgona, Cauca, Colombia [78° 09’ W, 03° 00’ N], 10 m elevation  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ICN-MHN = ICN 5644, adult female; other specimens: ICN, UMMZ 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Ptychoglossus gorgonae is a slender, long-bodied species in which the adpressed limbs just touch or fail to meet by up to two dorsal scale lengths. It is one of two species with an elevated number of transverse dorsal scale rows (31-32; P. danieli, also). A median marginal preanal scale is always present (present or absent in P. myersi); marginal preanals occur only in pairs in all other Ptychoglossus species. Also, only in this species is there a light bar across the occiput. (Harris 1994)


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Comment 
Etymologynamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • CASTRO-HERRERA, FERNANDO; ANYELET VALENCIA-AGUILAR, DIEGO VILLAQUIRAN-Martínez 2012. Diversidad de Anfibios y Reptiles del Parque Nacional Natural Isla Gorgona. Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, 112 pp. - get paper here
  • Harris,D.M. 1994. Review of the teiid lizard genus Ptychoglossus. Herpetological Monographs 8: 226-275 - get paper here
  • Hernández-Morales, C., Sturaro, M.J., Nunes, P.M.S., Lotzkat, S. and Peloso, P.L. 2020. A species‐level total evidence phylogeny of the microteiid lizard family Alopoglossidae (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea). Cladistics - get paper here
  • Pinto-Erazo, M.A., Calderón-Espinosa, M.L., Medina-Rangel, G.F. & Méndez-Galeano, M.A. 2020. Herpetofauna from two municipalities of southwestern Colombia. Biota Colombiana 21(1): 41-57. DOI: 10.21068/c2020.v21n01a04 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal, O. 2001. Lizards of Ecuador: Checklist, Distribution, and Systematic References. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (131): 1-35 - get paper here
 
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