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Loxopholis osvaldoi (AVILA-PIRES, 1995)

IUCN Red List - Loxopholis osvaldoi - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Lagartinho-do-Folhiço 
SynonymLeposoma osvaldoi AVILA-PIRES 1995: 394
Leposoma parietale — NASCIMENTO et al. 1988: 38 (part.)
Leposoma oswaldoi [sic] — CASTOE et al. 2004
Leposoma osvaldoi — MENDES-PINTO et al. 2011
Leposoma osvaldoi — RIBEIRO-JUNIOR & AMARAL 2016
Loxopholis osvaldoi — GOICOECHEA et al. 2016
Loxopholis osvaldoi — MARQUES-SOUZA et al. 2022 
DistributionBrazil (Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Amazonas [HR 30: 52], Pará)

Type locality: right bank igarapé Paraiso, km 16, Line 62, Ouro Preto d'Oeste, Rondonia, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MPEG 13920, male Paratypes: MPEG 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Leposoma having a moderately large interparietal scale, with diverging lateral margins. Supralabials followed by a scale as large as, to slightly larger than adjacent temporals. Prefrontals form a short to moderately long medial suture, that between frontoparietals with approximately same length or longer. Fourth pair of chinshields reduced. Dorsals hexagonal to quadrangular (pointed posteriorly)or lanceolate; 32-34 along a longitudinal row. Ventrals 20-23. Scales around midbody 26-29. Flanks completely covered by a wide dark band (Avila-Pires 1995).


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CommentProbably also in Bolivia (fide LANGSTROTH 2005).

Distribution: For a map of localities see Marques-Souza et al. 2022. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha, who collected a large fraction of the specimen in the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. 
References
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