Ameivula apipensis ARIAS, RECODER, ÁLVAREZ, ETCHEPARE, QUIPILDOR, LOBO & RODRIGUES, 2018
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Ameivula apipensis
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| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Ameivula apipensis ARIAS, RECODER, ÁLVAREZ, ETHCEPARE, QUIPILDOR, LOBO & RODRIGUES 2018 |
| Distribution | Argentina (Corrientes) Type locality: Apipé island, (19°17’24’’S, 43°32’55.1’’W), Corrientes province, ARGENTINA, elevation 70 m |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: UNNE (= UNNEC) 11200, adult male, collected by Federico Arias, Eduardo Etchepare, Maria del Rosario Ingaramo and Belén Arrieta, on May 9 of 2011. Paratypes: Adult males; UNNEC 9594, 10194, 11119, 11087; 11088; 10195. Adult females; UNNEC 11089, 11091, 9588, 9683, 9765. Juveniles; UNNEC 11120, 11123, 11124, 11125. All from the same locality as the holotype (19°17’24’’S, 43°32’55.1’’W), collected between 9 March and 15 March 2011, by the same collectors as for the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Ameivula apipensis sp. n. is a slender, medium sized species (maximum SVL ♂= 63.3 mm, ♀= 60.5 mm) , distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) a whitish brown vertebral stripe both in adults and juveniles, (2) ventral aspect of the head and body yellow, (3) lateral field with overlapping spots (no ocelli), (4) inter-frontoparietal scale present in 46.2 % (n= 39) of the specimens (Fig. 3B), (5) hemipenis without lateral sac , and (6) five xifiesternal ribs. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3576 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Costa (2025) has raised concerns that this species was not described according to ICZN rules, e.g. because of a delayed Zoobank registration, a description only available in an electronic supplement and because “crucial information about the name-bearing type of A. apipensis is missing”. |
| Etymology | The specific name “apipensis” refers to the type locality, Apipé island, Department of Ituzaingó, Corrientes Province, Argentina |
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