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Iphisa soinii DIXON, 1974

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Iphisini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Glossy Shade Lizard
Portuguese: Briba, Calango, Calango-Cobra, Lagartinho-de-Folhiço, Lagartixa, Lagarto-da-Terra, Lagarto-de-Folhiço 
SynonymIphisa elegans soinii DIXON 1974
Iphisa elegans soinii — RIBEIRO-JUNIOR & AMARAL 2016
Iphisa soinii — MELLO et al. 2023: 11 
DistributionPeru and Bolivia

Type locality: Nuevo Tocache, Departmento San Martin, Peru, 650 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 193623, adult male. Collected by Wade C. Sherbrooke, 1967.
Paratypes: USNM 193622, 193624–25, San Martin; Nuevo Tocache. Topotypes: MCZ 126760, La Paz trail, Imparia, Department of Loreto, Peru; UMMZ 68090, Departament of Cochabamba, Bolivia. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (soinii): Identical elegans in all characters except absence of prefrontals and higher average number (25.0) of femoral-preanalpores, rather than 19.3.


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Pekka Soini (1941–2004), Finnish naturalist and herpetologist active in Iquitos (Peru). 
References
  • Dixon, J. R. 1974. Systematic review of the microteiid genus Iphisa. Herpetologica 30 (2): 133-139 - get paper here
  • Mello, A. V. Albano de; Recoder, R. S., Fouquet, A., Rodrigues, M. T., & Nunes, P. M. 2023. Integrative taxonomy of the Iphisa elegans Gray, 1851 species complex (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) leads to the description of five new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlad073 - get paper here
  • Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Silvana Amaral 2016. Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia. Neotropical Biodiversity, 2:1, 195-421 - get paper here
 
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