Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus (HALLOWELL, 1861)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, (Ateuchosauridae, Ateuchosaurini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ryukyu short-legged skink
Synonym	Lygosaurus pellopleurus HALLOWELL 1861: 496 Lygosoma pellopleurum — BOULENGER 1887: 319 Lygosoma (Homolepida) pellopleurum — BOETTGER 1895: 107 Lygosaurus pellopleurus — STEJNEGER 1907: 222 Lygosaurus pellopleurus browni VAN DENBURGH 1912: 7 Lygosoma okinavensis THOMPSON 1912: 4 (fide OKADA 1939) Lygosaurus pellopleurus — SCLATER 1950 Ateuchosaurus pellopleurum — SMITH 1937: 231 Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus — GORIS & MAEDA 2004 Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus — MAKINO et al. 2020 Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus — MAKINO et al. 2023
Distribution	Japan (Amami group islands, e.g. Amami-oshima Island, Tokara islands, Osumi islands, Ryukyu Archipelago) Type locality: Onsima, Japan; one specimen from Loo-Choo. Lectotype locality: Amamioshima Island, Amami Group, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan browni: Type locality: Amami O-shima, Loo Choo Islands, Japan
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Lectotype: USNM 42110, designated by Makino et al. 2023; paralectotype: USNM 42114; other specimens: KUZ, OMNH Holotype: CAS 21537 [okinavensis] Holotype: CAS 21408 [browni]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: An Ateuchosaurus species characterized by the following characters: FrNa and frontal usually distinct; a pair of frontoparietals that do not contact each other; eight SuCis; anteroposteriorly reduced parietals separated from SuO and pretemporal by EcP; no distinct nuchals; usually six InLas; body size medium (SVL ca. 42–70 mm); widely separated forelimb and hindlimb when appressed; usually 26 or 28 MSRs (mode = 26, 24–30); 53–70 (mode = 62) and 56–69 DMSs (mode = 63) in male and female, respectively; 8–14 TIVs (mode = 11); 10 preanals not enlarged; usually 2–3 pairs of DSRBS. (Makino et al. 2023) Additional details (10660 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Distribution: see map in Makino et al. 2020 (Fig 1) and Makino et al. 2023: 78 (Fig. 1). Subspecies: the subspecies browni is not recognized by recent authors (e.g. Makino et al. 2020).
References	Barbour, T. 1917. A most regretable tangle of names. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (44): 1-9 - get paper here Barbour, Thomas 1909. Notes on Amphibia and Reptilia from Eastern Asia. Proc. New England zool. Club 4: 53-78, 2 plates - get paper here Boettger, O. 1895. Neue Frösche und Schlangen von den Liukiu-Inseln. Offenbach. Ver. Naturk. 33-36: 101-117 Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here Goris, R.C. & Maeda, N. 2004. Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan. Krieger, Malabar, 285 pp. Hallowell, E. 1861. Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12 [1860]: 480 - 510 - get paper here Makino T, Nakano T, Okamoto T, Hikida T 2023. Taxonomic revision and re-description of Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus (Hallowell, 1861) (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) with resurrection of A. okinavensis (Thompson, 1912). Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 77-91 - get paper here Makino, T., Okamoto, T., Kurita, K., Nakano, T., & Hikida, T. 2020. Origin and intraspecific diversification of the scincid lizard Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus with implications for historical island biogeography of the Central Ryukyus of Japan. Zoologischer Anzeiger 288: 1-10 - get paper here Nakamura, Yasuyuki, Akio Takahashi and Hidetoshi OTA. 2013. Recent cryptic extinction of squamate reptiles on Yoronjima Island of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, inferred from garbage dump remains. Acta Herpetologica 8 (1): 19-34 Ota, Hidetoshi;Lin, Jun-Tsong;Bogadek, Anthony;Lau, Michael W. 1997. Karyotype of the lygosomine genus Ateuchosaurus from East Asia. Journal of Herpetology 31 (4): 604-607 - get paper here Ota,H.; Miyaguni,H. & Hikida,T. 1999. Geographic variation in the endemic skink, Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus, from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Journal of Herpetology 33 (1): 106-118 - get paper here Sclater, J.A. 1950. Bionomic notes on some reptiles form Okinawa Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (12) 3: 113-116 - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234 Stejneger, LEONHARD H. 1907. Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 58: xx, 1-577 - get paper here Thompson, J.C. 1912. Herpetological notices, No. 2. Prodrome of descriptions of new species of Reptilia and Batrachia from the Far East. Privately published, San Francisco. Van Denburgh, J. 1912. Advance diagnoses of new reptiles and amphibians from the Loo Choo Islands and Formosa. Privately published by author, San Francisco. 8 pages. 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.math.ie.kanagawa-u.ac.jp/people/taroh/herp/jherp.html http://homepage3.nifty.com/japrep/lizard/skink/text/eheriguro.htm Google images

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