Arthrosaura montigena MYERS & DONNELLY, 2008
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Arthrosaura montigena
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Arthrosaura montigena MYERS & DONNELLY 2008: 89 |
| Distribution | Venezuela (Auyantepui) Type locality: summit of Auyantepui at 5°58’N, 62°33’W (AMNH– TERRAMAR Camp 4), 1600 m elevation, Bolívar, Venezuela. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: EBRG 2905 (field no. CWM 19354), an adult female, collected February 22, 1994, AMNH–TERRAMAR Expedition. PARATYPE: AMNH 140230 (CWM 19165), a male from summit of Auyantepui at 5°51’N, 62°32’W (AMNH–TERRAMAR Camp 1), 1700 m, Bolívar, Venezuela, collected February 7, 1994, AMNH–TERRAMAR Expedition. Figure 53. |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS (n=2): A small highland species of Arthrosaura readily distinguished from its nearest geographic neighbor (A. testigensis, Los Testigos range, east of Auyantepui) in having three (vs. four) supraoculars and in having a pale dorsolateral line on each side and an unmarked venter (vs. four narrow yellowish stripes on dorsum and brown spots on venter). A presumably unnamed species from the Chimantá massif (southeast of Auyantepui) evidently differs from A. montigena in having a dark brown middorsal stripe (Gorzula and Señaris, 1999: photo 89). Arthrosaura montigena shares many characteristics of A. versteegii (French Guiana to extreme eastern Venezuela, as redefined by Hoogmoed and Avila-Pires 1992: 470–477) but differs in having a more complete pale dorsolateral line and in not having the ventral or ventrolateral scales sharply demarcated by a zone of small scales. (Myers & Donnelly 2008) |
| Comment | Key to species known in 2008: Myers & Donnelly 2008: 97. |
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