Ameiva nodam KOCH, VENEGAS, RÖDDER, FLECKS & BÖHME, 2013

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Higher Taxa	Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ameiva nodam KOCH, VENEGAS, RÖDDER, FLECKS & BÖHME 2013 Cnemidophorus divisus FISCHER 1879 Ameiva bifrontata divisa — RUTHVEN 1924 Ameiva bifrontata divisa — BURT & BURT 1931 Ameiva bifrontata divisa — BURT & BURT 1933
Distribution	N Peru Type locality: Bellavista, Province of Jaén, Region of Cajamarca, Peru (05°38’15.6’’S, 78°37’59.2’’W, 390–440 m elevation).
Reproduction	oviparous (manual and phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: CORBIDI 1870, adult male, Figs. 1A–F, 2A,B), collected 09 May 2008 by P. Venegas and C. Koch. Paratypes: ZFMK, CORBIDI, MCZ, MHNG, ROM, ZMB.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (short): A. nodam sp. nov. has dilated postbrachials, a maximum known snout-vent length of 101 mm, 10 longitudinal rows of ventral plates, 86–113 midbody granules, 25–35 lamellae under the fourth toe, and a color pattern with 5 longitudinal yellow stripes on the dorsum. Additional details (1863 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023).
Etymology	“The specific epithet is an agglutination of the exclamation “no dam”. We chose this peculiar name to protest against the possible dam construction activities for four hydroelectricity projects along the Marañón river, between the Regions of Cajamarca and Amazonas. With this we are trying to call attention to the fact that the unique dry forest habitat of this and other endemic species, several of them have only recently been discovered (Koch et al. 2006, 2011; Venegas et al. 2008), is gravely threatened by human interventions.” (KOCH et al. 2013)
References	Cavalcanti, Lucas B Q; Gabriel C Costa, Guarino R Colli, Eric R Pianka, Laurie J Vitt, Daniel O Mesquita 2023. Myrmecophagy in lizards: evolutionary and ecological implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023;, zlad175, - get paper here KOCH, CLAUDIA; PABLO J. VENEGAS, DENNIS RÖDDER, MORRIS FLECKS & WOLFGANG BÖHME 2013. Two new endemic species of Ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from the dry forest of northwestern Peru and additional information on Ameiva concolor Ruthven, 1924. Zootaxa 3745 (2): 263–295 - get paper here KOCH, CLAUDIA; PABLO J. VENEGAS, ROY SANTA CRUZ, WOLFGANG BÖHME 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385 (1): 001–101 - get paper here Kwet, Axel 2014. Liste der im Jahr 2013 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Terraria-Elaphe 2014 (3): 56-67 - get paper here Morato, Sérgio Augusto Abrahão; Guilherme Nunes Ferreira; Michela Rossane Cavilha Scupino (eds.) 2018. Herpetofauna da Amazônia Central: Estudos na FLONA de Saracá-Taquera. Curitiba, Pr: STCP Engenharia de Projetos Ltda.; Porto Trombetas, Pa: MRN – Mineração Rio do Norte S.A., 2018.<br>210p. - 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/References/DB087293-2619-4E18-B856-8BB60409C716 Google images

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