Ameiva reticulata LANDAURO, GARCÍA-BRAVO & VENEGAS, 2015
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Ameiva reticulata
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| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Ameiva reticulata LANDAURO, GARCÍA-BRAVO & VENEGAS 2015 |
| Distribution | Peru (Tayacaja) Type locality: Valle Seco del Mantaro (12°5'26.916''S, 74°41'55.968''W, WGS 84) at 1411 m. elevation, District of Surcubamba, Province of Tayacaja, Region of Huancavelica, Peru |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: CORBIDI 08816 (Figs. 1–2), an adult male collected on 31 July 2010 by A. García. Paratypes. A total of 35 specimens, all from the Province of Tayacaja, Region of Huancavelica, Peru: one adult male (CORBIDI 1095) from Barropata (12°17'34.812''S, 74°40'58.826''W, WGS 84), at 1528 m.a.s.l., District of Surcubamba, collected on 28 April 2008 by C.Z. Landauro; one adult male (CORBIDI 9919) from Intivilca (12°19' 51.4''S, 74° 37'53.1''W, WGS 84) at 2238 m.a.s.l., District of Colcabamba, collected on 04 April 2011 by D. Amaya; one adult male (CORBIDI 9917) and three adult females (CORBIDI 9918, 9920, 9921) from Jatuspata (12°15'1.2''S, 74°41'33.6''W, WGS 84) at 2609 m.a.s.l., District of Surcubamba, collected on 07 April 2011 by D. Amaya; four adult males (CORBIDI 10084, 10086, 10090, 10092), four juvenile males (CORBIDI 10081, 10082, 10087, 10094), seven adult females (CORBIDI 10075, 10076, 10078, 10085, 10088, 10089, 10093) and five juvenile females (CORBIDI 10077, 10079, 10080, 10083, 10091), all from Valle Seco del Mantaro (12°5'43.073''S, 74°42'45.002'' W, WGS 84) at 1180 m.a.s.l., District of Surcubamba, collected on 01 and 02 November 2011 by A. Urbay and C.Z. Landauro; one adult female (CORBIDI 13623) from Campamento Limonal (12°14'5.184'' S, 74°41'52.100'' W, WGS 84) at 1438 m.a.s.l., District of Surcubamba, collected on 31 August 2013 by A. Escóbar; eight specimens from Pichiu District of Colcabamba: one juvenile (CORBIDI 13622) at 1974 m.a.s.l. (12°20'9.890'' S, 74°39'26.755'' W, WGS 84), collected on 10 September 2013 by C.Z. Landauro; two juveniles (CORBIDI 13620, 13621) at 2003 m.a.s.l. (12°19'53.815'' S, 74°39'6.943'' W, WGS 84), collected on 11 September 2013 by C.Z. Landauro; one adult male (CORBIDI 13625) and one adult female (CORBIDI 13628) at 2169 m.a.s.l. (12°19'15.902'' S, 74°38'51.498'' W, WGS 84), collected on 14 September 2013 by A. Escóbar; one adult female (CORBIDI 13629) at 2169 m.a.s.l. (12°19'32.913'' S, 74°39'5.017'' W, WGS 84), collected on 15 September 2013 by A. Escóbar; one adult male (CORBIDI 13626) and one adult female (CORBIDI 13624) at 1868 m.a.s.l (12°21'48.634'' S, 74°37'27.249'' W, WGS 84), collected on 18 September 2013 by A. Escóbar. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Ameiva distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) maximum SVL in males 149 mm; (2) dorsal head scales smooth; (3) frontal single; (4) frontoparietal and parietal plates in contact with interparietals; (5) 17–24 (both sides) scales, usually in single row between supraoculars and supraciliaries; (6) 8–17 occipitals, usually subequal to first dorsal row; (7) 19–25 anterior gulars; (8) middle anterior gulars polygonal and usually distinctly enlarged; (9) patch of distinctly enlarged posterior gulars usually present; (10) 8–14 posterior gulars between antegular and gular folds; (11) enlarged mesoptychial scales subequal or larger than largest gulars; (12) postbrachials moderately to distinctly enlarged; (13) 181–237 scales between interparietals and base of tail; (14) 102–137 dorsal scales across midbody; (15) ventrals in 28–32 transverse rows, and in eight longitudinal rows; (16) in life, adult individuals with head, arms, dorsum and flanks pale brown or grayish brown, legs and tail bright green or turquoise, flanks with light green or turquoise ocelli; (17) throat in adults white; (18) dorsum finely reticulated without a pale vertebral stripe along dorsum; (19) in life, dorsum and arms of juveniles brown with an olive green tint, legs and tail turquoise, and flanks with pale yellow ocelli; (20) associated with interandean dry forest. |
| 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 adjective derived from the latin word “reticulatus” meaning “net-like” and refers to the soft net-like dorsal pattern of this species. |
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