Guarocuyus jaraguanus LANDESTOY, SCHOOLS & HEDGES, 2022
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Higher Taxa | Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Jaragua Forest Lizard |
Synonym | Guarocuyus jaraguanus LANDESTOY, SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2022 |
Distribution | Dominican Republic (Laguna de Oviedo of the Parque Nacional Jaragua in the Barahona Peninsula) Type locality: Cayo de las Iguanas, Laguna de Oviedo, Parque Nacional Jaragua, Pedernales Province, Dominican Republic (17.73205, -71.37126, datum WGS84; elev. near sea level. |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype. MNHNSD 23.3937 (MALT1004; Fig. 8) collected by Miguel A. Landestoy on 22 September 2021. Paratypes. Nine males, seven females, and two juveniles. IIBZ-HER00001–00004, MNHNSD 23.3912–3916, collected by Miguel A. Landestoy, Gerson Féliz, and Juan Pérez-Vidal on 29 April 2021, at the same locality as the holotype. MNHNSD 23.3934–3936, IIBZ-HER00005–00008, collected by Miguel A. Landestoy, same data as the holotype. MNHNSD 23.3948–3949, collected by Miguel A. Landestoy and Gerson Féliz on 4 June 2022 at Cayo Pei, Laguna de Oviedo (17.73099°, -71.37684°). |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Type species: Guarocuyus jaraguanus LANDESTOY, SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2022 is the type species of the genus Guarocuyus LANDESTOY et al. 2022. |
Etymology | Named after the national park that encompasses the type locality The genus name a latinized masculine patronym honoring the taíno Guarocuya (a.k.a Enriquillo), the last cacique of the Jaragua region and a hero of the last standing free community of this native Antillean people, who died around the first half of the 16th century (Altman 2007; Ozuna 2018). |
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