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Homonota itambere CABRAL & CACCIALI, 2021

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymHomonota itambere CABRAL & CACCIALI 2021 
DistributionParaguay

Type locality: Estancia Guajho, Paraguari Deparment (26.14°S, 57.17°W), 143 m elevation.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: IIBP 4437, an adult female from Estancia Guajho, Departamento of Paraguari (26°14’55.81”S, 57°17’48.03”W, 143 m) (Figure 2), collected by Hugo Cabral, 14 December 2016. Collecting permits were provided by the Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, MADES 126/2016 and 258/2016. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of Homonota assigned to the horrida group (sensu Cacciali et al. 2018) based on molecular evidence and by the color pattern composed of a white vertebral line and five to seven transverse white lines appearing as banded, similar to H. horrida, H. septentrionalis and H. marthae. A large species of Homonota (SVL= 56 mm) with robust body, with 1 longitudinal rows of strongly keeled scales separated by one or two granular scales, a square shape mental scale, small postmental scales, one or two rows of rectangular scales in the upper eye scales, rostral scale divided, edge of auditory meatus serrated posteriorly with an enlarged tubercle, and black and brown background coloration with one white vertebral line with seven transverse white bands. (Cabral & Cacciali, 2021).


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EtymologyThe epithet is combination of two Guarani words, ita = rock, ambere = lizard, a lizard who lives in the rocks. The species name is an allusion of the habitat where the species was found, as a lizard that lives in the rocks. The name is used here as a noun in apposition. 
References
  • Cabral, H., & Cacciali, P. 2021. A new species of Homonota (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Paraguay. Holotipus, 2: 93-108 - get paper here
 
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