Callopistes maculatus GRAVENHORST, 1838
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Callopistes maculatus
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| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Tupinambinae, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Callopistes maculatus maculatus GRAVENHORST 1838 Callopistes maculatus atacamensis DONOSO-BARROS 1960 Callopistes maculatus manni DONOSO-BARROS 1960 |
| Common Names | E: Spotted False Monitor |
| Synonym | Callopistes maculatus GRAVENHORST 1838: 744 Callopistes maculatus maculatus GRAVENHORST 1838 Aporomera ornata DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 76 Ameiva oculata D’ORBIGNY & BIBRON 1847: 9 Aporomera ocellata GUICHENOT in GAY1848 Callopistes maculatus maculatus — DONOSO -BARROS 1960 Callopistes maculatus maculatus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 88 Callopistes maculatus maculatus — HARVEY et al. 2012 Callopistes maculatus atacamensis DONOSO-BARROS 1960 Callopistes palluma atacamensis — NÚÑEZ & VELOSO 2001 Callopistes maculatus atacamensis — HARVEY et al. 2012 Callopistes maculatus manni DONOSO-BARROS 1960 Callopistes palluma manni — NÚÑEZ & VELOSO 2001 Callopistes maculatus manni — HARVEY et al. 2012 Callopistes maculatus — HARVEY et al. 2012 |
| Distribution | Chile (Southern Antofagasta to Maule Province) atacamensis: Copiapo Province, Chile (coastal area); Type locality: Rocky coast of Caldera, Chile. manni: S Antofagasta, Chile; Type locality: Quebradas de Paposo, S Antofagasta, Chile. Type locality: At foot of Cordillera, Chile. (”Chile, am Fuss der Cordillere”) |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: MNHW (= MNHUW) 1320, male; a syntype appears to be lost (lectotype designation by Borczyk & Skawiński 2019: 3) Syntypes: private collection Donoso-Barros 567, female + male [manni] Holotype: private collection Donoso-Barros 414, male [atacamensis] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Unlike all other extant Teiidae, Callopistes lacks femoral and abdominal pores and has three or more loreals, 2–3 complete rows of lorilabials separating the suboculars from the supralabials, heavily fractured prefrontals, and a vertical fold of skin in front of the auditory meatus [HARVEY et al. 2012]. |
| Comment | See comment in Phymaturus palluma for the usage of the name C. palluma. Veloso, Núñez & Cei (2000) proposed the combinations Callopistes palluma (for current Callopistes maculatus) and Phymaturus flagellifer (formerly Centrura flagellifer, currently Phymaturus palluma). They attempted to synonymise Callopistes maculatus with Callopistes palluma and designated a neotype (MNHNCL 2909) for the latter name. However, these proposals were later rejected (Etheridge & Savage, 2003; ICZN 2005). Type species: Callopistes maculatus GRAVENHORST 1838 is the type species of the genus Callopistes GRAVENHORST 1838. Callopistes is also the type species of the subfamily Callopistinae HARVEY et al. 2012. Note that Tucker et al. 2016 do not recognize the subfamily Callopistinae but instead assign the genus to the subfamily Tupinambinae. Karyotype: Gorman (1970: 238) noticed that the karyotypes of the two Callopistes species are “indistinguishable” and “unique among lizards.” Comparisons: Presch 1974: 24 compares character states across the genera Ameiva, Cnemidophorus, Kentropyx, Dicrodon, Teius, Callopistes, Tupinambis, Crocodilurus, and Dracaena. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin maculatus, spotted. (GRAVENHORST 1838, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) The genus was named after Greek callopistes (καλλωπίζειν), adorn oneself, make oneself fine or smart. |
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