Leposoma annectans RUIBAL, 1952

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae s.l., Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Leposoma annectens RUIBAL 1952: 486 Leposoma annectans — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 164 Leposoma annectans — RODRIGUES et al. 2002 Leposoma annectans — RODRIGUES et al. 2005 Leposoma annectans — DAMASCENO et al. 2020
Distribution	Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: Bahia, Estado da Bahia, Brazil.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: DZSJRP (DZ) 790B, female (Museo São Paulo, Dep. Zool.)
Diagnosis
Comment	Leposoma annectens has been considered as a synonym of L. scincoides until it was resurrected by RODRIGUES et al. (2002).
References	Damasceno, Roberta P, Ana Carolina Carnaval, Chodon Sass, Renato Sousa Recoder, Craig Moritz, and Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues. 2020. Geographic Restriction, Genetic Divergence, and Morphological Disparity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forests: Insights from Leposoma Lizards (Gymnophthalmidae, Squamata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 154: 106993 - get paper here Peters, James A. & Donoso-Barros, Roberto 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 293 pp. - get paper here Rodrigues, M. T.; Dixo, M.; Accacio, G. M. 2002. A large sample of Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Atlantic forests of Bahia, the status of Leposoma annectans Ruibal, 1952, and notes on conservation. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 42 (5): 103-117 - get paper here Rodrigues, Miguel T. and Teresa C. S. Avila-Pires 2005. New lizard of the genus Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Lower Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 39 (4): 541-546 - get paper here Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, et al. 2002. A new species of Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnopthalmidae) from the remnant Atlantic Forests of the state of Bahia, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 42 (14): 335-350 - get paper here RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; MAURO TEIXEIRA JR., RENATO SOUSA RECODER, FRANCISCO DAL VECHIO, ROBERTA DAMASCENO & KATIA CRISTINA MACHADO PELLEGRINO 2013. A new species of Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with four fingers from the Atlantic Forest central corridor in Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 3635 (4): 459–475 - get paper here Ruibal, R. 1952. Revisionary notes of some South American Teiidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 106: 475-529 (477?)-529. - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://dedalus.usp.br:4500/ALEPH/POR/USP/USP/PROD/FULL/1247472? Google images

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