Ameiva concolor RUTHVEN, 1924
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Ameiva concolor
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| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Ameiva bifrontata concolor RUTHVEN 1924 Ameiva bifrontata concolor — BURT & BURT 1931 Ameiva bifrontata concolor — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970 Ameiva concolor — HARVEY et al. 2012 Ameiva concolor — KOCH et al. 2013 |
| Distribution | Peru Type locality: Cajamarca: Paipoy, Rio Crisnejas: 24 km from Marañón (1067 m elevation). |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 59192 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Ameiva that can be distinguished from all other mainland congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) maximum known SVL of 128 mm; (2) lacking longitudinal ridge on frontal scale; (3) frontal plate divided in two subequal scales; (4) postnasals separated from prefrontals by frontonasals; (5) parietal scales usually 5; (6) median gular scales scarcely enlarged; (7) enlarged median mesoptychial scales slightly larger than largest gulars; (8) gulars posterior to the interauricular crease smaller than anterior gulars; (9) nasal suture passes centrally through nostril; (10) rostral projecting beyond the nasal suture and contacting postnasal; (11) supranasals not contacting supralabials; (12) circumorbital semicircle occasionally extending to frontal suture; (13) 31–33 enlarged ventral scales between gular and vent; (14) 10–12 longitudinal rows of ventral plates, outermost often distinctly smaller; (15) 80–93 DOM; (16) 174–196 DL; (17) postbrachials not or hardly dilated; (18) 34–41 LFT; (19) 29–35 SCF; (20) 10–21 FP; (21) vertebral region in most specimens with a trace of a pale vertebral streak [KOCH et al. 2013]. |
| Comment | Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin concolor, of uniform color throughout; without spots. [“...Belly pale yellow, immaculate...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
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