Cercosaura anomala (MÜLLER, 1923)
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Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Anomalous Cercosaura |
Synonym | Pholidobolus anomalus MÜLLER 1923 Pholidobolus anomalus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 220 Cercosaura anomala — MAMANI et al. 2020 |
Distribution | Peru (Cuzco) Type locality: Cuzco (= Cusco), Peru. Neotype locality: Puente Ruinas, Santuario Histórico de Machupicchu, District of Machupicchu, Province of Urubamba, Department of Cusco, Peru (13°09′42′′ S, 72°32′07′′ W, at 2060 m). |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Neotype: MUBI 5277 (Figure 3), an adult male, collected by J.C. Chaparro on 20 April 1998; neotype designated by Mamani et al. 2020. Holotype: lost, was ZSM 29/1918 (lost fide Franzen & Glaw 2007), male. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Mamani et al. 2020: 10 (not copyable because of terrible formatting). |
Comment | Phylogenetics: Pholidobolus anomalus does not belong to Pholidobolus according to Montanucci (1973) and TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2014. Not included by TORRES-CARVAJAL & MAFLA-ENDARA 2013 but probably due to the lack of samples. The issue was solved by Mamani et al. 2020 who assigned anomala to Cercosaurua. |
Etymology | The specific epithet “anomalus” is a nominative adjective in ancient Latin meaning irregular (anomalus), which implicitly refers to the presence and irregular shape of the prefrontal scales. |
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