Copeoglossum oreades FERREIRA-JUNIOR, VRCIBRADIC, SUDRÉ & PASSOS, 2025
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Copeoglossum oreades
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Copeoglossum oreades FERREIRA-JUNIOR, VRCIBRADIC, SUDRÉ & PASSOS 2025 Mabuia aurata – Boulenger (1887: 189, in part) Mabuia aurata – Goeldi (1902: 535, in part). Mabuya mabouia – Barbour (1935: 129, in part) Mabuya mabouia – Rand & Humphrey (1968: 8, in part). Mabuya mabouya – Dunn (1936: 544, in part) Mabuya mabouya – Amaral (1937:37, in part) Mabuya mabouya – Beebe (1945: 30, in part) Mabuya mabouya – Schmidt & Inger (1951: 455, in part) Mabuya mabouya – Cunha (1961: 96, in part) Mabuya mabouya – Hoogmoed (1973: 209, in part). Mabuya nigropunctata – Avila-Pires (1995: 584, in part) Mabuya nigropunctata – Mausfeld et al. (2002: 288, in part) Mabuya nigropunctata – Pinto-Sanchez et al. (2015: 208, in part). Copeoglossum nigropunctatum — Hedges & Conn (2012: 240, in part). Mabuya gr. nigropunctata — Medeiros-Magalhaes et al. (2015: 247, in part) |
| Distribution | Brazil (Goías) Type locality: Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Power Plant (− 13.834167, − 48.304444, 454 m), municipality of Minaçu, state of Goías, Brazil |
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| Types | Holotype: An adult male, MNRJ 6012 (field number 40369) collected by Nelson Jorge da Silva and other collaborators during the Lobo Guar´ a faunal rescue operation in 1997. Paratypes: (n =190). All with same data as the holotype. Fifty–five adult females: MNRJ 5911–14, MNRJ 5919–20, MNRJ 5923, MNRJ 5925, MNRJ 5928, MNRJ 5930–32, MNRJ 5936, MNRJ 5938, MNRJ 5940–41, MNRJ 5943, MNRJ 5945, MNRJ 5947, MNRJ 5949–50, MNRJ 5953, MNRJ 5957–58, MNRJ 5967, MNRJ 5973, MNRJ 5975, MNRJ 5977–78, MNRJ 5980–83, MNRJ 5987–88, MNRJ 5990, MNRJ 5996–98, MNRJ 6000, MNRJ 6002, MNRJ 6007–11, MNRJ 6013–14, MNRJ 6017–18, MNRJ 6023–24, MNRJ 6028, MNRJ 6032, MNRJ 26876. Sixty–nine adult males: MNRJ 5116, MNRJ 5910, MNRJ 5916–18, MNRJ 5922, MNRJ 5926–27, MNRJ 5929, MNRJ 5933–35, MNRJ 5937, MNRJ 5939, MNRJ 5944, MNRJ 5946, MNRJ 5948, MNRJ 5951–52, MNRJ 5954–56, MNRJ 5959–64, MNRJ 5966, MNRJ 5969, MNRJ 5972, MNRJ 5984–86, MNRJ 5989, MNRJ 5991–95, MNRJ 5999, MNRJ 6001, MNRJ 6003–06, MNRJ 6015, MNRJ 6019–20, MNRJ 6022, MNRJ 6027, MNRJ 6030, MNRJ 6034, MNRJ 6037, MNRJ 6042, MNRJ 6044, MNRJ 6050, MNRJ 6054, MNRJ 6056, MNRJ 6060, MNRJ 6071–72, MNRJ 6080, MNRJ 6082, MNRJ 6084, MNRJ 6093, MNRJ 12695–96. Sixty–six unsexed adults: MNRJ 5111, MNRJ 5113–15, MNRJ 5117–35, MNRJ 5915, MNRJ 5968, MNRJ 5970, MNRJ 6035–36, MNRJ 6038–41, MNRJ 6043, MNRJ 6045, MNRJ 6047–48, MNRJ 6052–53, MNRJ 6055, MNRJ 6057–59, MNRJ 6061–64, MNRJ 6066–70, MNRJ 6073, MNRJ 6076–77, MNRJ 6079, MNRJ 6081, MNRJ 6083, MNRJ 6085–86, MNRJ 6088, MNRJ 6091–92, MNRJ 6095–98. One juvenile: MNRJ 5112. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized skink (maximum SVL 104 mm), with fully developed pentadactyl limbs. Copeoglossum oreades sp. nov. is characterized by: (1) dorsal scales 48–56; (2) ventral scales 53–64; (3) dorsals +ventrals 102–119; (4) snout width 3.8 % SVL; (5) head length 18.8 % SVL; (6) head width 11.9 % SVL; (7) head height 9.4 % SVL; (8) ear length 1.7 % SVL; (9) toe-IV length 9.6 % SVL; (10) prefrontals two; (11) supraoculars four; (12) supraciliaries four (18 %), five (81 %) or six (1 %); (13) frontoparietals two; (14) supralabial below the eye fifth (31.5 %), sixth (68 %) or seventh (0.5 %); (15) nuchal rows one; (16) midbody scale rows 30–34; (17) finger-IV lamellae 13–17; (18) toe-IV lamellae 16–20; (19) finger-IV +toe-IV lamellae 30–36; (20) supranasal contact Y (43 %, of which 78 % in point contact), N (57 %); (21) prefrontal contact Y (2 %) N (98 %); (22) supraocular-1/frontal contact Y (0.5 %) N (99.5 %); (23) parietal contact Y (2 %, all in point contact) N (98 %); (24) dark lateral stripe Y; (25) pale lateral stripe Y (13 %, all partial stripes) N (87 %); (26) palms and soles pale cream; (27) dorsal spots Y (86 %) N (14 %); (28) chin spotting N; (29) sublabial/postmental contact Y (31 %) N (69 %); (30) infralabial/chinshield contact Y (76 %) N (24 %); (31) ten teeth in the premaxilla; (32) medial contact between the palatines in ventral view; (33) no teeth on the pterygoid; (34) contact between jugal and prefrontal Y (57 %) N (43 %); (35) contact between jugal and lacrimal; (36) contact between jugal and postfrontal; (37) no reduced postfrontal facet of the parietal; (38) anteromedial process in relation to the anterolateral processes of the frontal longer (14 %) or shorter (86 %); (39) no posterior lingual process on the coronoid; (40) posterolateral processes in the angular; (41) number of teeth on the maxilla 24–28; (42) mental foramina six; and (43) number of teeth on the dentary 30–34. (Ferreira-Junior et al. 2025) 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 7857 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the oreades, mountain nymphs in Greek mythology who inhabit mountains and hills, often associated with wilderness and forests. The term oreades also denotes the phytogeographic region of central Brazil, as defined by K. F. P. Von Martius in 1824, which corresponds mainly to what is now known as the Cerrado biome. |
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