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Alopoglossus brevifrontalis (BOULENGER, 1912)

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Higher TaxaAlopoglossidae, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Boulenger's Largescale Lizard
E: Loveridge's Largescale Lizard [nicefori]
Portuguese: Briba, Calango, Lagartixa, Lagarto 
SynonymPtychoglossus brevifrontalis BOULENGER 1912: 421
Anadia nicefori LOVERIDGE 1929 (fide PELOSO et al. 2010)
Ptychoglossus nicefori — DUNN 1944
Ptychoglossus nicefori — PETERS et al. 1970: 245
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis — PETERS et al. 1970: 244
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis (part) — DIXON & SOINI 1975
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis — DUELLMAN 1978: 222
Ptychoglossus nicefori — HARRIS 1994: 253
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis — LEHR 2002: 79
Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis — RIBEIRO-JUNIOR & AMARAL 2016
Alopoglossus brevifrontalis — HERNÁNDEZ-MORALES et al. 2020 
DistributionEcuador, Peru (Ucayali etc.), Bolivia (Cochabamba, Beni), Brazil (Rondonia, Pará, Acre, Amazonas), Colombia (Vaupes), Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana

Type locality: El Topo, Río Pastaza, Ecuador.

niceofori: Colombia (eastern slopes of the Andes and gallery forests in the adjacent llanos, 150-1650 m elevation), Venezuela (Mérida). Type locality: Río Garagoa at Macanal, eastern Andes, Colombia.  
Reproductionoviparous; Gravid females containing two oviducal eggs were taken in the months of April, June, July, September and December. The largest oviducal egg measured 4.8 x 6.4 mm, smallest 3.2 x 3.3 mm (Dixon & Soini 1975). 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.63 (formerly 1912.11.1.33)
Holotype: MCZ 27340 [nicefori] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1206 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSimilar species: Arthrosaura reticulata, Alopoglossus angulatus.

Predation: One specimen was removed from the stomach of the snake, Rhadinaea brevirostris (Dixon & Soini 1975). 
EtymologyPtychoglossus brevifrontalis was named after the frontal and frontonasal scales that are both broader than long (Latin brevis = short).
Anadia nicefori was named after Brother Nicéforo María (see also P. danieli). 
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