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Higher TaxaLiolaemidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCt.[enoblepharys] adspersa TSCHUDI 1845
Ctenoblepharis adspersus — BOULENGER 1885: 136
Ctenoblepharis adspersus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 103
Ctenoblepharys adspersa — ETHERIDGE 1995 
DistributionPeru (coastal desert from Huacho south)

Type locality: Hacienda Acaray, near Huacho, Peru.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MHNN 2291.1, designated lectotype by Ortiz 1989: 50; paralectotype: MHNN 2291.2 (Neuchatel), and one specimen exchanged to Naturhist. Mus. Wien (NMW). 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS (genus and species): Ctenoblepharys adspersa is a lizard of the family Tropiduridae, subfamily Liolaeminae (Frost and Etheridge, 1989) which differs from other members of the subfamily (i.e., Phymaturus and Liolaemus) in having a wider skull, larger orbits, wider temporal fenestrae, prefrontals wider than long, lacrimal foramen large, a wide maxillary process of the palatines, a short ectopterygoid, the maxillary process of the ectopterygoid truncate, the retroarticular process of the mandible much shorter than the angular process, the parapophyses of the atlas flat and oriented posterolaterally, and the neural arches of the body vertebrae very wide. It further differs from Liolaemus in having the lateral borders of the orbitonasal fenestra formed by the prefrontals rather than the frontals, the supratemporal exposed on the lateral surface of the supratemporal process of the parietal, a shorter dentary, a longer angular, and no posterior coracoid fenestra. It further differs from Phymaturus in having tricuspid marginal teeth with tapered crowns and small secondary cusps rather than expanded crowns with large secondary cusps, three rather than four sternal ribs, and a slender body with a long, slender tail rather than a depressed body with a short, spinose tail (Etheridge 1995). 
CommentType species: Ctenoblepharys adspersa TSCHUDI 1845 is the type species of the genus Ctenoblepharys TSCHUDI 1845. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin adspersa, sprinkled, splashed. [“... supra grisea, spadiceo-maculata...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024)

The genus was named after Greek chtenos (κτενος), comb + Greek blepharis (βλεφαρίς), an eyelash. ["…Pholidosis palpebrarum granulata…"]. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Chavez, G. & A. P. Mendoza 2011. Überleben im Sand - Eine Exkursion in die peruanische Wüste. Reptilia (Münster) 16 (92): 40-46 - get paper here
  • Donoso-Barros, R. 1955. El género Ctenoblepharis Tschudi, en Chile (Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae). Investigaciones Zoológicas Chilenas 4: 253-257.
  • Donoso-Barros, R. 1971. The genera Ctenoblepharis and Phrynosaura. Herpetological Review 3 (5): 85 - get paper here
  • Etheridge,R. 1995. Redescription of Ctenoblepharys adspersa Tschudi, 1845, and the Taxonomy of Liolaeminae (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates 3142: 1-34 - get paper here
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248
  • Mendoza A, Pérez J, Alvarado E, Barrera D, Castillo E, Fernandez M, Milla J, Olivera D, Ramirez C, Santa Cruz R, Salazar E, Torres-Ccasani G, Aguilar-Puntriano C. 2023. Anfibios y reptiles del departamento de Ica con comentarios sobre su distribución. Revista peruana de biología 30(1): e23425 001- 014 (Marzo 2023)
  • Ortiz J C 1989. Catalogue des types du musée d’histoire naturelle de Neuchatel III. Sauriens. Bulletin de la Societe neuchateloise des Sciences naturelles 112: 47-64 - get paper here
  • Peters, James A. & Donoso-Barros, Roberto 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 293 pp. - get paper here
  • Tschudi,J. J. von 1845. Reptilium conspectum quae in republica Peruana reperiuntur er pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150-170 [reprint 1968, SSAR; sometimes cited as being published in 1846]. - get paper here
 
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