Bachia panoplia THOMAS, 1965
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Bachia panoplia
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae, Bachiinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Bachia panoplia THOMAS 1965: 18 Bachia panoplia — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 82 Bachia panoplia — DE FREITAS et al. 2011 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Amazonas) Type locality: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 64877 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Dorsal, lateral and ventral body and tail scales lanceolate, keeled and imbricate; prefrontals with medial contact; interparietal, frontonasal, nasals and parietals present; supraoculars 3-3; superciliaries 3-3; second pair of chin shields in medial contact but do not reach oral border; femoral pores 2-2; preanal pores 1-1, absent in females; anterior and posterior limbs moderately developed with four toes on each limb; pre-anal shields 5 to 6; SAB 43-47; dorsals 48-52; ventrals 36-38; gulars 8; maximum snout-vent length 85 mm (Dixon 1973: 19). |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Ribeiro-Júnior et al. 2016: 153 (Fig. 4). Reports from Colombia (e.g. Vaupés, Ayala 1986) were later described as Bachia pyburni, therefore B. panoplia is not in Colombia. |
| Etymology | Not explicitly given by Thomas 1965 but apparently named after the Ancient Greek πανοπλία (panoplía), where the word πᾶν (pân) means "all", and ὅπλον (hóplon) means "arms". Thus, panoply refers to the full armor of a hoplite or heavily-armed soldier. |
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