Cercosaura oshaughnessyi (BOULENGER, 1885)
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Cercosaura oshaughnessyi
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: White-Striped Eyed Lizard Portuguese: Lagarto-da-Terra |
| Synonym | Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi BOULENGER 1885: 392 Euspondylus oshaughnessyi — CUNHA 1961: 146 Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi — VANZOLINI 1972: 107 (?) Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi — DUELLMAN 1991 Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi — AVILA-PIRES 1995: 468 Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi — PELLEGRINO et al. 2001 Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 203 Cercosaura oshaughnessyi — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2015 Cercosaura oshaughnessyi — ECHEVARRIA et al. 2015 Cercosaura oshaugnessyi — RIBEIRO-JUNIOR & AMARAL 2016 (in error) Cercosaura oshaughnessyi — STURARO et al. 2017 |
| Distribution | N Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil (W Amazonas, Amapa, Acre), French Guiana Type locality: Canelos and Pallatanga, Ecuador. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.31.18-20, 80.12.8.17 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Frontonasal divided. Loreal in contact with supralabials. Scales around midbody 31-45. Males with 17-28 pores in total, females with 8-15 or none; one pore in preanal position, separated from its opposite number by two ventrals in a transverse row. Subdigital lamellae not or only slightly tuberculate, 16-22 under fourth toe. A sharp delimitation on sides of head, on temporal region usually half to one scale above supralabials, between a brown dorsal surface and a white ventral surface; lower flanks with a white stripe delimited ventrally by a dark narrow band (Avila-Pires 1995). 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 10213 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: P. oshaughnessyi has been synonymized with P. argulus by UZZELL (1973) and DOAN 2003. However, some authors continued to treat P. oshaughnessyi as valid species, e.g. Pellegrino et al. (2001), Avila-Pires et al. 2009. Torres-Carvajal et al. 2015 found argulus and oshaughnessyi as (weakly) separated genetically and monophyletic although their sampling was somewhat biased (with only 2 specimens of argulus) and all specimens of oshaughnessyi being from a relatively small geographic area. We accept oshaughnessyi given that it was also considered as distinct by Sturaro et al. 2017. |
| Etymology | Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi was named after A. W. E. O’Shaughnessy, herpetologist of the British Museum. |
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