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Lepidoblepharis rufigularis BATISTA, PONCE, VESELY, MEBERT, HERTZ, KÖHLER, CARRIZO & LOTZKAT, 2015

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLepidoblepharis rufigularis BATISTA, PONCE, VESELY, MEBERT, HERTZ, KÖHLER, CARRIZO & LOTZKAT 2015 
DistributionPanama (Darién)

Type locality: on a hill 1 km north of Río Púcuro (8.057501°N, 77.370217°W, 1043 m elevation), Pinogana, Darién, Panama  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: SMF 50659, Adult male, original field number AB 527 (Figs. 3–5, 11), collected on 08 July 2012 at 22:40 hrs by Abel Batista. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Lepidoblepharis rufigularis (our sp. nov. 2) is characterized by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsal scales small, granular, and juxtaposed, ventral scales large, cycloid, flat, and imbricate; (2) scales on head small and granular; (3) four postrostral scales; (4) two short, barely discernible paramedian clefts in the more or less U-shaped posterior mental border; (5) five postmentals, the two median ones larger than the posteriorly adjacent chin scales; (6) 13 lamellae under fourth toe, 11 lamellae under fourth finger; (7) median subcaudals conspicuously wider than long, almost twice as wide as the laterally adjacent scales, with straight posterior margins arranged in a regular tail sequence of 1'1''; (8) ventral escutcheon consisting of 62 scales, almost twice as wide (13 scales) as long (7 scales); (9) subfemoral escutcheon consisting of 3–4 scales per thigh; (10) 17 longitudinal rows of ventral scales at midbody; (11) bilobate hemipenis; (12) SVL 25 mm. 
CommentAbundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyThe name rufigularis is a compound word that comes from the Latin rufus (red) and gula (throat) referring to the bright orange throat color in this species in life. 
References
  • BATISTA, ABEL; MARCOS PONCE, MILAN VESELY, KONRAD MEBERT, ANDREAS HERTZ, GUNTHER KÖHLER, ARCADIO CARRIZO & SEBASTIAN LOTZKAT 2015. Revision of the genus Lepidoblepharis (Reptilia: Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) in Central America, with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 3994 (2): 187–221 - get paper here
  • CALDERÓN-ESPINOSA, MARTHA LUCIA & GUIDO FABIAN MEDINA-RANGEL 2016. A new Lepidoblepharis lizard (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Colombian Guyana shield. . Zootaxa 4067 (2): 215–232 - get paper here
  • Kwet, A. 2016. Liste der im Jahr 2015 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Terraria-Elaphe 2016 (3): 56-67 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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