Andinosaura crypta (SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO, KIZIRIAN & SALES-NUNES, 2011)
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Andinosaura crypta
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Riama crypta SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO, KIZIRIAN & SALES NUNES 2011 Proctoporus hypostictus BOULENGER 1902 Proctoporus hypostictus — HILLIS 1985: 109–126 Proctoporus hypostictus — KIZIRIAN & COLOMA 1991: 428 (part) Proctoporus hypostictus — KIZIRIAN, 1995:72 (part) Proctoporus hypostictus — KIZIRIAN 1996: 108 (part) Proctoporus hypostictus — DOAN 2003: 372 Riama hyposticta — DOAN & CASTOE 2005: 409 Andinosaura crypta — SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO et al. 2017 |
| Distribution | Ecuador (western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental) Type locality: Pilaló, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, 2320–2700 m elevation |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: KU 135103 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus Andinosaura) : All unambiguously optimized synapomorphies for this clade are from DNA sequences. Phenotypic synapomorphies are not known. Other characteristics include: (1) head scales usually smooth (slightly rugose in A. vieta and A. stellae); (2) frontoparietal and parietal scales paired; (3) interparietal, frontal and frontonasal scales single; (4) prefrontal scales usually absent (occasionally present in specimens of A. stellae); (5) lower eyelid divided into several scales; (6) loreal scale absent or present; (7) scale organs on labials present; (8) anteriormost supraocular and anteriormost superciliary scales unfused; (9) dorsal surface of the tongue covered in scale-like papillae; (10) nuchal scales smooth in most species (rugose in A. stellae and A. vieta); (11) dorsal body scales rectangular; smooth, keeled (low, rounded keel), striated (shallow furrows) or rugose; (12) ventral body scales smooth (rugose in A. stellae and A. vieta); (13) limbs pentadactyl; digits clawed; (14) femoral pores in males present, in females absent or present; and (15) hemipenial lobes large, distinct from hemipenial body. Andinosaura differs from Riama by having hemipenial lobes large, distinct from hemipenial body. It differs from Oreosaurus by having a narrow band of differentiated granular lateral scales. [SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO et al. 2017]. Additional details (3315 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | This taxon was formerly referred to as Riama hyposticta, a rare species described on the basis of an adult male from northern Ecuador and here recorded from southwestern Colombia. Type species: Riama crypta is the type species of the genus Andinosaura SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO et al. 2017. |
| Etymology | Named after the fact that this species was long confused with another one. The genus Andinosaura (gender feminine), was named after the Spanish Andino (from the Andes) and the Latin Sauria (lizard), in reference to its distribution. The suffix is used commonly for gymnophthalmid genera. |
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