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Alopoglossus embera PELOSO & MORALES, 2017

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Higher TaxaAlopoglossidae, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAlopoglossus embera PELOSO & MORALES 2017
Alopoglossus festae — CASTAÑO-MORA et al. 2004 (part)
Alopoglossus festae — CASTRO-HERRERA & VARGAS-SALINAS 2008 (part)
Alopoglossus festae — CARDONA-BOTERO et al. 2013 (part)
Alopoglossus embera — HERNÁNDEZ-MORALES et al. 2020 
DistributionColombia (Cauca, Valle del Cauca)

Type locality: Quebrada Guanguí, upper Río Saija drainage, Departamento del Cauca, Colombia, 100–200 m asl.  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: AMNH R 109682 (field number CWM 11931), an adult female, very well preserved. Collected by Charles W. Myers and John W. Daly, 09 February 1973
Paratypes: AMNH-R 109678–109681, AMNH-R 109683– 109684, collected by Charles W. Myers and John W. Daly, February 09–20 1973, at the type locality. UV-C 7231–7232, collected by Bladimir Vasquez and Yesid Solarte, August 12–13 1983, at Camancito, Río Cajambre, Municipality of Buenaventura, Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia (03°27′26.58′′N, 77°10′16.58′′W; 75 m above sea level [asl]). UV-C 7270, collected by Yesid Solarte, August 18 1983, at Piñuetal, Río Cajambre, Municipality of Buenaventura, Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia (03°27′35.42′′N, 77°11′17.88′′W; 500 m asl). CD-UV 2457, collected by Jefferson Panche, 11–13 April 2013, at Pianguita, Municipality of Buenaventura, Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia (03°27′35.42′′N, 77°11′17.88′′W; 0 m asl). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of Alopoglossidae based on the presence of oblique plicae (folds), instead of scale-like papillae, on the surface of the tongue (Harris, 1985). Allocated to Alopoglossus based on (1) the presence of keeled scales on forelimb and (2) laterally imbricated, keeled dorsal scales. The combination of the following characters can be used as a diagnosis for the new taxon: (1) Parietal and interparietals with a pair of well developed ridges on each scale; (2) chinshields in direct contact with gulars, not separated by rows of pregulars; (3) third pair of chin- shields always in medial contact (separated by small granules only posteriorly); (4) two longitudinal rows of widened gular scales; (5) dorsals laterally imbricated, lanceolate, strongly keeled; (6) ventrals rhomboid, keeled; (7) temporal scales strongly keeled; (8) scales on dorsal surface of hand strongly keeled; (9) males with two femoral pores; (10) males with eight femoral pores, females with 0–2 pores; (11) pre-cloacal pores absent in both sexes; (12) ventral scales usually heavily pigmented.


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific name embera is used as a noun in apposition and is given in homage of the Emberá People. Emberá is an indigenous ethnicity inhabiting an important biodiversity hotspot, the Chocó-Darién ecoregion, extending from southwest Panama along the entire Colombian Pacific coast to northwest Ecuador. 
References
  • 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
  • Peloso, Pedro L.V. and Cristian Hernández Morales 2017. Description of a New Species of Alopoglossus Boulenger, 1885 from Western Colombia (Gymnophthalmoidea). South American J. Herp. 12 (2): 89-98. - get paper here
  • Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., Choueri, E., Lobos, S., Venegas, P., Torres-Carvajal, O. and Werneck, F. 2020. Eight in one: morphological and molecular analyses reveal cryptic diversity in Amazonian alopoglossid lizards (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190 (1): 227–270 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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