Loxopholis hexalepis (AYALA & HARRIS, 1982)

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Six-scaled Tegu
Synonym	Leposoma hexalepis AYALA & HARRIS 1982 Leposoma hexalepis — MOLINA et al. 2002 Loxopholis hexalepis — GOICOECHEA et al. 2016 Loxopholis hexalepis — DIAGO-TORO et al. 2021
Distribution	Colombia, Venezuela Type locality: Colombia, Vichada, Puerto Carreno
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ICN-MHN = ICN 5479
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: For a map of localities see Marques-Souza et al. 2022.
Etymology	Named after Greek ex (ἕξ), six + Greek lepis (λεπίς), scale. [“...El epiteto especifico se refiere a la forma hexagonal de las escamas del dorso...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024)
References	Ayala S C; Harris D M 1982. Una nueva especie de microteido (Sauria: Teiidae) del oriente de Colombia. Caldasia 13 (63): 467-472 - get paper here DIAGO-TORO, MARÍA F.; DANIELA GARCÍA-COBOS, GIOVANNI D. BRIGANTE-LUNA & JUAN D. VÁSQUEZ-RESTREPO. 2021. Fantastic lizards and where to find them: cis-Andean microteiids (Squamata: Alopoglossidae & Gymnophthalmidae) from the Colombian Orinoquia and Amazonia. Zootaxa 5067 (3): 377–400. - get paper here Goicoechea, N., Frost, D. R., De la Riva, I., Pellegrino, K. C. M., Sites, J., Rodrigues, M. T. and Padial, J. M. 2016. Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment. Cladistics, doi: 10.1111/cla.12150 - get paper here Marques-Souza, S., Pellegrino, K. C. M., Brunes, T. O., Rojas-Runjaic, F. J., & Rodrigues, M. T. 2022. A molecular perspective on the systematics and distribution of Loxopholis lizards in South and Central America, with advances on the biogeography of the tribe Ecpleopodini (Gymnophthalmidae: Squamata). Systematics and Biodiversity, 20(1), 2119295 - get paper here Molina, C.; Señaris, J.C. & Ayarzagüena, J. 2002. Contribution to the knowledge of the taxonomy, distribution and natural history of Leposoma hexalepis (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae) in Venezuela. Herpetologica 58 (4): 485-491 - get paper here RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here Rodrigues M T. 1997. A new species of Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Atlantic forest of Brazil. Herpetologica 53 (3): 383-389. - 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; 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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