Cercosaura pacha MAMANI, CHAPARRO, CORREA, ALARCÓN, SALAS & CATENAZZI, 2020
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Cercosaura pacha
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Cercosaura pacha MAMANI, CHAPARRO, CORREA, ALARCÓN, SALAS & CATENAZZI 2020 |
| Distribution | Peru (Pasco) Type locality: Lanturachi, Fundo los Cocos, District of Huancabamba, Province of Oxapampa, Department of Pasco, Peru (10°23′02” S, 75°34′49” W, at 1986 m. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MUBI 14515 (Figure 6), an adult female, collected by J.C. Chaparro and C. Alarcón on 21 September 2014. Paratype: MUBI 14512 (Figure 7), a subadult female from near the type locality (10°23’29” S, 75°34’12”W, 1845 m). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) Body robust, SVL 49.7mmin a single adult female; (2) head flat, elongated, 1.4 times longer than wide; (3) ear opening distinct, slightly recessed; (4) nasals separated by frontonasal; (5) frontonasal undivided; (6) prefrontals, frontal, frontoparietals, parietals and interparietal present; (7) parietals longer than wide; (8) three supraocular; (9) 3–5 superciliar series complete; (10) nasal suture absent; (11) loreal present, in contact with the second supralabial; (12) 7–8 supralabial, four supralabials anterior to the posteroventral angle of the subocular, four infralabials; (13) 4–5 genial, all in contact; (14) collar fold present; (15) 32–35 transverse rows of dorsal, hexagonal, keeled, imbricate; (16) 19–20 transverse ventral rows, quadrangular, smooth, juxtaposed; (17) 37–38 scales around midbody; (18) lateral reduced scales at midbody in three lines; (19) limbs pentadactyl, all digits clawed; (20) 12–13 subdigital lamellae under finger IV, 18 under toe IV; (21) 6–7 femoral pores in females; (22) two preanal scales, three postanal scales; (23) tail up to 2.0 times longer than body; (24) caudals subimbricate, keeled dorsally, smooth ventrally; (25) lower palpebral disc transparent and divided in two; (26) in life the dorsum is brown with two cream dorsolateral stripe that stars over the eyes and join in the middle of the body forming a vertebral dorsal stripe that extends to the tail; lips with a cream line that extend from the third supralabial to the front of back leg; a cream lateral line between arm and leg, below the lateral line; all cream lines are bordered by continuous black spots; the venter is cream-reddish with some small scattered black spots, the gular region of head is cream-reddish with small black spots; tail is orange, with small dark spots ventrally and dorsally, and a cream-orange line laterally that begins at the back of legs and continues to tip of the tail (Figures 6 and 7). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3878 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet “pacha” is a female noun in Quechua language that means Earth. |
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