Amphisbaena elbakyanae TORRES-RAMÍREZ, ANGARITA-SIERRA & VARGAS-RAMÍREZ, 2021
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Amphisbaena elbakyanae
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| Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Amphisbaena elbakyanae TORRES-RAMÍREZ, ANGARITA-SIERRA & VARGAS-RAMÍREZ 2021 |
| Distribution | Cololmbia (Casanare: flooded savanna ecosystem of the Orocué and Ariporo River basin; Vichada: drained savanna ecosystem of the Bita River basin). Type locality: El Porvenir farm, Vereda La Colombina, municipality of Paz de Ariporo, department of Casanare, Colombia. Coordinates: N 6.043472222, W –71.09283333; elevation 140 m. a.s.l. |
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| Types | Holotype: MLS 1901 a male collected by Teddy Angarita-Sierra, Marvin Anganoy-Criollo and John Jairo Ospina-Sarria, on 20th August 2012 Paratypes: MLS 1902 a female collected by Marvin Anganoy-Criollo in December 2012; MUJ 806 a female collected by Melissa Cuevas in July 2005 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Amphisbaena elbakyanae sp. nov., can be distinguished from all its congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) three supralabial scales; (2) three infralabial scales; (3) second supralabial scale longer than first and third supralabial scales, contacting first and third supralabial, temporal, ocular and prefrontal scales; (4) angulus oris lies in transverse plane passing through the posterior edges of the ocular scales and the center of the frontal scales; (5) second infralabial scale in contact with postmental scales; (6) six premaxillar teeth; (7) ten maxillar teeth; (8) one temporal scale; (9) absence of malar scale; (10) a single postgenial scale row with four segments; (11) postmalar scale rows with six to seven segments; (12) first body annulus includes one large segment on each side lying immediately posterior to inner parietal scales, abutting onto posterolateral edge of the outer parietal scales; (13) middorsal segments of second and third body annulus non-enlarged; (14) 245–257 body annuli; (15) 13–15 dorsal segments per annulus at midbody; (16) 16–18 ventral segments per annulus at midbody; (17) four precloacal pores; (18) autotomy sites located on sixth to eighth caudal annuli, (19) 20–24 caudal annuli, (20) rostral scale visible from above, (21) dorsal and ventral surfaces homogeneusly dark brown or dark brown-reddish, (22), and small body size 211–237 mm (Torres-Ramírez et al.2021). Additional details (3650 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Similar species: Amphisbaena gracilis is on morphology grounds the most similar species. (Gonzalez and Gans 1971)] (Torres-Ramírez et al. 2021). |
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