Gerrhonotus mccoyi GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ, CONTRERAS-ARQUIETA, TRUJANO-ORTEGA & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA, 2018
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Gerrhonotus mccoyi
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| Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Gerrhonotus mccoyi GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ, CONTRERAS-ARQUIETA, TRUJANO-ORTEGA & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA 2018 Gerrhonotus infernalis — GOOD 1994 (in part.) Gerrhonotus mccoyi — GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Coahuila) Type locality: Poza Churince, municipality of Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, Mexico (26°55’11.9’’N, 102°06’53.2’’W; datum 1⁄4 WGS84), 739 m elevation |
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| Types | Holotype: MZFC 29654 (field number UOGV 1438), adult male, collected 9 September 2007 by U.O. García-Vázquez, M. Trujano-Ortega, and A. Contreras-Arquieta. Paratypes. 15 specimens; all from the municipality of Cuatro Cie ́negas, Coahuila, Mexico:13 (MZFC29655–66, 29669) from the same locality as the holotype and two (MZFC 29667–68) from Pozas Azules, Rancho Pronatura (26849032.90 0N, 102801020.90 0W; datum 1⁄4 WGS84), 714 m elevation. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Gerrhonotus mccoyi sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters which includes the presence of a cantholoreal scale (72%; n = 16), a dark mark extending anteriorly from the lower temporal scales through the lower border of the orbit to the preocular or cantholoreal scales, keeled dorsal scales, usually (75%; n = 16) 7–9 dorsal cross-bands mostly interrupted or barely discernible on middorsum (few cross-bands continuous, noticeable across middorsum in some specimens; midsection of cross-bands paler, narrower than the lateral sections), usually indiscernible vertical dark bars on the lateral fold (few, faint bars occasionally present), and black flecks scattered on the venter. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Blair et al. 2021: Figure 1. |
| Etymology | The species epithet is a noun in the genitive case and a patronym for the late Clarence Jack McCoy in recognition of his many and significant contributions to the knowledge of the amphibians and reptiles from the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin. |
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