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Enyalioides cyanocephalus VENEGAS, GARCÍA-AYACHI, CHÁVEZ-ARRIBASPLATA, MARCHELIE, BULLARD, QUISPE, VALENCIA, ODAR & TORRES-CARVAJAL, 2024

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Higher TaxaHoplocercidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blue-headed wood lizard
Spanish: lagartija de palo de cabeza azul 
SynonymEnyalioides cyanocephalus VENEGAS, GARCÍA-AYACHI, CHÁVEZ-ARRIBASPLATA, MARCHELIE, BULLARD, QUISPE, VALENCIA, ODAR & TORRES-CARVAJAL 2024 
DistributionPeru (Amazonas)

Type locality: Uriarte (5.49099° S, 78.36703° W, 2,045 m, WGS 84), District Aramango, Bagua Province, Department Amazonas, Peru  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: CORBIDI 20781, an adult male, collected on 13 August 2019 by P.J. Venegas.
Paratypes: Department Amazonas: Bagua Province: District Aramango: CORBIDI 20724 and 20726, juvenile females, and CORBIDI 20737, adult female, from Nueva Esperanza (5.48520° S, 78.34658° W, 1,559 m, WGS 84), collected between 9-11 August 2019 by P.J. Venegas and J.C. Chávez-Arribasplata; CORBIDI 22495 and 22496, juvenile females, CORBIDI 22497, juvenile male, CORBIDI 22498, adult female, CORBIDI 22499-501, three adult males, from Cataratas de Nueva Esperanza (5.49059° S, 78.33768° W, 1,705 m, WGS 84), collected on December 2019 by A. Marchelie; Bagua Province: District Imaza: CORBIDI 25410, 25430, 25433, 25493, adult females, and CORBIDI 25432, 25469, 25471, 25492, adult males, from Alto Wawas (5.38368° S, 78.28972° W, 1,234 m, WGS 84), collected between 8-10 June 2023 by L.A. García-Ayachi, J. Odar, S. Bullard, J. Valencia and E. Quispe; Bongara Province: District Yambrasbamba: CORBIDI 24920-22, 24938-40, four males and two females, from Perla del Imaza (5.61956° S, 77.97228° W, 1,566 m, WGS 84), collected between 17-19 March 2023 by P.J. Venegas L.A. García-Ayachi, S. Bullard, J. Valencia and E. Quispe. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Greek words ‘kyanos’, an adjective meaning blue, and ‘cephalus’, a noun meaning head. This specific name is used as a noun in apposition and refers to the bluish head of the holotype specimen. 
References
  • Venegas, Pablo J.; Luis A. García-Ayachi, Juan C. Chávez-Arribasplata, Axel Marchelie, Santiago Bullard, Eduardo Quispe, Juan D. Valencia, Jasmín Odar, Omar Torres-Carvajal 2024. Two new species of wood lizards (Hoplocercinae: Enyalioides) from Cordillera de Colán in north-eastern Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 73 (23074): 1-17 - get paper here
 
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