Glaucomastix cyanura (ARIAS, DE CARVALHO, RODRIGUES & ZAHER, 2011)
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Glaucomastix cyanura
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| Higher Taxa | Teiidae, Teiinae, Gymnophthalmoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | Portuguese: Calango |
| Synonym | Cnemidophorus cyanurus ARIAS, DE CARVALHO, RODRIGUES & ZAHER 2011 Ameivula cyanura — HARVEY et al. 2012 Glaucomastix cyanura — GOICOECHEA et al. 2016 Glaucomastix cyanurus — ROSÁRIO et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: Morro do Chapéu (11°33 ́10 ́ ́ S, 41°09 ́02 ́ ́ W), state of Bahia, Brazil, elevation 995 m |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: MZUSP 65781, adult male collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues, on 16 September 1984. Paratypes. MZUSP 56115 to 56127, collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues on 30 November 1980; MZUSP 62801 to 62810, and MZUSP 65780, MZUSP 65782 to 65784, collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues from 16–18 September 1984; MZUSP 74179, MZUSP 74215 to 74222, collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues from 3–5 October 1990, all from Morro do Chapéu, state of Bahia, Brazil. MZUSP 56287, collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues on 3 December 1980 and MZUSP 72420 and 72421, collected by Miguel T. Rodrigues on 22 August 1988, from Santo Inácio (11 06’S, 42 43’ W), state of Bahia, Brazil, elevation 500–800 m. Male adults: MZUSP 56115, 56117, 56120, 56124, 56125, 56126, 56287, 62801, 62802, 62805, 62808, 62809, 62810, 65783, 65784, 72421, 74215, 74216, 74218, 74221 and 74222. Undetermined sex MZUSP 56127. Female adults: MZUSP 56116, 56118, 56119, 56121, 56122, 56123, 62803, 62804, 62806, 62807, 65780, 72420, 65782, 74179, 74217, 74219 and 74220. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the Cnemidophorus ocellifer group with granules in the supraorbital semicircles, and no anal spurs in males. Cnemidophorus cyanurus differs from C. ocellifer, C. mumbuca, C. jalapensis, and C. con- fusionibus by having 31–38 (x= 34.5) femoral pores (a maximum of 20 in all other species); 8–10 longitudinal rows of ventral scales (6–8), 29–33(x= 30.4) transverse rows of ventrals (a maximum of 29 in all other species), 6– 7 superciliaries (always 5), 1–2 row of spurs in the heel in males (absent), one row of distinctive enlarged scales in the arm (2–4, never enlarged), no enlarged scales in temporal region posterior to third subocular (present), vertebral stripe present (absent), lateral spots absent (present), and bluish-green tail (brown tail). C. cyanurus differs from C. abaetensis by having 31–38 (x= 34.5) femoral pores (27–31, x= 24), 190–215 (x= 201.8) dorsal scales (210–240, x= 221.8), second supraocular totally separated from frontal by supraocular granules (second supraocular contacts frontal), four supraoculars (usually 3), stripe on the tail absent (present). Cnemidophorus cyanurus differs from C. littoralis by having 31–38 (x= 34.5) femoral pores (28–36, x= 32.6 in C. littoralis), 190–215 (x= 201.8) dorsal scales (168–191, x= 174.9), frontonasal never divided (35.6 % of individuals with a divided frontonasal, according to Rocha et al., 2000), second supraocular separated from frontal by supraocular granules (second supraocular con- tacts frontal), and tail stripe absent (present). Cnemidophorus cyanurus differs from C. venetacaudus by having 31–38 (x= 34.5) femoral pores (34–45, x= 38 in C. venetacaudus), 26–31 (x= 28.6) fourth toe lamellae (30–35, x= 33), vertebral and lateral stripes present (absent), and body color blue gray (brown). |
| Comment | Cnemidophorus cyanurus, shares with the species of the ocellifer subgroup of C. littoralis (C. abaetensis, C. littoralis and C. venetacaudus), a bluish green tail, spurs on the heels of males, 6–7 supraciliaries, a high number of femoral pores (27–45), a row of enlarged scales in the dorsal part of the humerus, and 8 to 10 rows of ventral scales. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet, cyan, is a Latin adjective meaning ‘‘bluish,’’ and the Latin superlative suffix urus, means ‘‘tail’’ in allusion to the characteristic ‘‘bluish tail’’ in members of this species. |
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