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Arthrosaura reticulata (O’SHAUGHNESSY, 1881)

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yellowbelly Arthrosaura
Portuguese: Calango, Lagartinho-Reticulado, Lagartixa, Lagarto-do-Folhiço 
SynonymCercosaura (Pantodactylus) reticulata O’SHAUGHNESSY 1881: 230
Arthrosaura reticulata — BOULENGER 1885: 389
Arthrosaura reticulata reticulata — BRONGERSMA 1935: 262
Arthrosaura amapaense CUNHA 1967: 151
Leposoma picticeps COPE 1886: 99 (fide HARRIS 1994)
Ptychoglossus picticeps — BURT & BURT 1931
Arthrosaura reticulata — PETERS et al. 1970: 75
Ptychoglossus picticeps — PETERS et al. 1970: 245
Ptychoglossus picticeps — DIXON & SOINI 1975
Arthrosaura reticulata reticulata — GASC 1977
Arthrosaura reticulata — DUELLMAN 1978: 213
Arthrosaura reticulata — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Arthrosaura ampaense — MACCULLOCH AND LATHROP 2001 (in error)
Ptychoglossus picticeps — LEHR 2002: 202
Arthrosaura reticulata — CASTOE et al. 2004
Arthrosaura reticulata — DIAGO-TORO et al. 2021 
DistributionE Ecuador, Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas, Amapa, Mato Grosso, Rondonia, Pará), S Venezuela, Guyana,
Colombia [Castro,F. (pers. comm.)], N Peru, Bolivia

Leposoma picticeps: Type locality: Pebas, Peru.

Type locality: Canelos, Ecuador.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.9.1.5 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small microteiid lizard with cylindrical body, tail round in cross section, and with relatively short limbs. Distance between forelimbs and hindlimbs 1.5-2.5 times as long as a forelimb. Three supraoculars, the last one followed by four or five large scales bordering the parietal laterally. Seven supralabials, second small, sixth highest and largest, border between second and third under the loreal or under the anterior part of the frenocular, that between fourth and fifth under the middle of the eye. High number (22-48) of temporals. Number of scales around midbody 35-52. Back uniformly brown, brown with one vertebral dark line or brown with two para-vertebral dark lines. Underside immaculate cream, except for the labials, sides of chinshields and gulars, which may have irregular dark spots [from Hooogmoed & Avila-Pires 1992: 460]. 
CommentSynonymy: Pantodactylus tyleri and A. versteegii have been considered as a synonyms of A. reticulata (e.g. by PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970). Leposoma picticeps COPE 1886 has been synonymized with A. reticulata by HARRIS 1994.

Distribution: Presence in Bolivia unclear; there seem to be no published specific localities (T. Doan, pers. comm.).

Type species: Cercosaura reticulata O’SHAUGHNESSY 1881 is the type species of the genus Arthrosaura BOULENGER 1885.

For diagnostic morphological characters distinguishing Marinussaurus, Amapasaurus, Anotosaura, Arthrosaura, Colobosauroides, Dryadosaura,Ecpleopus, Kaieteurosaurus, Leposoma, and Pantepuisaurus see Table 2 in PELOSO et al. 2011.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin reticulata, made like a net, net-like, reticulated. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024)

The genus was named after Greek arthron (ἄρθρον), a joint + Greek sauros (σαῦρος), lizard. 
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