| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae, Bachiinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Noble's Bachia |
| Synonym | Bachia intermedia NOBLE 1921
Bachia intermedia — PETERS et al. 1970: 81
Bachia intermedia — PRESCH 1975
Bachia intermedia — PRESCH 1978
Bachia intermedia — BAUER & GÜNTHER 1994 |
| Distribution | NW Peru (Cajamarca)
Type locality: Perico, Departamento Cajamarca.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 14630, paratypes in ZMB, NMW etc. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Dorsal and lateral body scales hexagonal, smooth and imbricate; ventral scales quadrangular, juxtaposed; tail scales similar to dorsals; nasals, frontonasal, parietals present; nasals not in contact medially behind rostral; prefrontals, interparietal, and supraoculars absent; no supralabial/parietal contact; forelimbs small with three toes; hind limb styloform with one or two apical scales resembling toes; superciliaries usually three; preanal pores 1-1 in males, absent in females; SAB 28-35 (x̅ 31.0); dorsals 46-52 (x̅ 49.4); ventrals 33-38 (x̅ 35.7); gulars 7-9 (x̅ 8.2); maximum snout-vent length 67 mm (Dixon 1973: 20).
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| Comment | Distribution: see map in TEXEIRA et al. 2013: 412. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin intermedia, that is between, intermediate. [?]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
| References |
- Bauer, A.M. and R. Günther 1994. An annotated type catalogue of the teiid and microteiid lizards in the Zoological Museum, Berlin (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 70:267-280 - get paper here
- Daan, S. & Hillenius,D. 1966. Catalogue of the type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Beaufortia 13: 117-144
- Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248
- KOCH, CLAUDIA; PABLO J. VENEGAS, ROY SANTA CRUZ, WOLFGANG BÖHME 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385 (1): 001–101 - get paper here
- Loveridge, A. 1933. On Bachia intermedia Noble and Bachia barbouri Burt Copeia 1933 (1): 42. - get paper here
- Noble, G.K. 1921. Two new lizards from northwestern Peru. Ann New York Acad. Sci. 29: 141-143 [1920] - get paper here
- Peters, James A. & Donoso-Barros, Roberto 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 293 pp. - get paper here
- Presch, W. 1978. Descriptions of the Hemipenial Morphology in Eight Species of Microteiid Lizards (Family Teiidae, Subfamily Gymnophthalminae) Herpetologica 34 (1): 108-112. - get paper here
- Presch, William 1975. The evolution of limb reduction in the Teiid lizard genus Bachia. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 74 (3): 113-121 - get paper here
- TEIXEIRA; MAURO, JR; FRANCISCO DAL VECHIO, PEDRO M. SALES-NUNES, ANTONIO MOLLO NETO, LUCIANA MOREIRA LOBO, LUIS FERNANDO STORTI, RENATO AUGUSTO JUNQUEIRA GAIGA, PEDRO HENRIQUE FREIRE DIAS, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES 2013. A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the western Brazilian Amazonia. Zootaxa 3636 (3): 401–420 [erratum in Zootaxa 3646: 200] - get paper here
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