Enyalius erythroceneus RODRIGUES, DE FREITAS, SANTOS SILVA & VIÑA BERTOLOTTO, 2006

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Higher Taxa	Leiosauridae (Enyaliinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Enyalius erythroceneus RODRIGUES, DE FREITAS, SANTOS SILVA & VIÑA BERTOLOTTO 2006 Enyalius erythroceneus — LIVIGNI 2013: 383
Distribution	Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: Fazenda Caraibas (13° 09’ 49’’ S, 41° 24’ 19’’ W), district of Cascavel, municipality of Mucuge, Serra do Espinhaco (Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, NE Brazil.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZUSP 95420, adult male
Diagnosis
Comment	Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Distribution: See map in Breitman et al. 2019: 357 (Fig. 1).
Etymology	Named after the Greek “erythros” = red and “keneon” = flank, referring to the strikingly red flanks of the males (the females are quite different without a red flank).
References	Breitman, M. Florencia; Fabricius M.C.B. Domingos, Justin C. Bagley, Helga C. Wiederhecker, Tayná B. Ferrari, Vitor H.G.L. Cavalcante, André C. Pereira, Tarcísio L.S. Abreu, Anderson Kennedy Soares De-Lima, Carlos J.S. Morais, Ana C.H. del Prette, Iz 2018. A New Species of Enyalius (Squamata, Leiosauridae) Endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado. Herpetologica 74 (4): 355-369. - get paper here Freitas, M.A.; D. Veríssimo; V. Uhlig. 2012. Squamate Reptiles of the central Chapada Diamantina, with a focus on the municipality of Mucugê, state of Bahia, Brazil. Check List 8(1):16-22 - get paper here LiVigni, F. (ed.) 2013. A Life for Reptiles and Amphibians, Volume 1. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 495 pp. - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut; Carolina Elena Viña Bertolotto, Renata Cecília Amaro, Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda, Eliza Maria Xavier Freire, Katia Cristina Machado Pellegrino 2014. Molecular phylogeny, species limits, and biogeography of the Brazilian endemic lizard genus Enyalius (Squamata: Leiosauridae): An example of the historical relationship between Atlantic Forests and Amazonia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 81: 137-146, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.019 - get paper here Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut; Marco Antonio de Freitas, Thais Figueiredo Santos Silva, and Carolina Elena Viña Bertolotto 2006. A new species of lizard genus Enyalius (Squamata, Leiosauridae) from the highlands of Chapada Diamantina, State of Bahia, Brazil, with a key to species. Phyllomedusa 5 (1): 11-24 - get paper here
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