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Ameivula apipensis ARIAS, RECODER, ÁLVAREZ, ETCHEPARE, QUIPILDOR, LOBO & RODRIGUES, 2018

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Higher TaxaTeiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAmeivula apipensis ARIAS, RECODER, ÁLVAREZ, ETHCEPARE, QUIPILDOR, LOBO & RODRIGUES 2018 
DistributionArgentina (Corrientes)

Type locality: Apipé island, (19°17’24’’S, 43°32’55.1’’W), Corrientes province, ARGENTINA, elevation 70 m  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: 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. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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.


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific name “apipensis” refers to the type locality, Apipé island, Department of Ituzaingó, Corrientes Province, Argentina 
References
  • Arias FJ, Recoder R, Álvarez BB, Eduardo Ethcepare, Matias Quipildor, Fernando Lobo and Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2018. Diversity of teiid lizards from Gran Chaco and Western Cerrado (Squamata: Teiidae). Zoologica Scripta 47: 144–158 - 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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