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Macropholidus annectens PARKER, 1930

IUCN Red List - Macropholidus annectens - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Parker's Pholiodobolus 
SynonymMacropholidus annectens PARKER 1930
Macropholidus annectens — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 201
Pholidobolus annectens — MONTANUCCI 1973: 37
Macropholidus annectens — TORRES-CARVAJAL & MAFLA-ENDARA 2013 
DistributionEcuador (Loja)

Type locality: Vicinity of Loja City, Ecuador.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1930.1.30.2 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Montanucci 1973: 37 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin annecto, to tie to, bind to, fasten on, attach, annex. [“...It is not referable either to Macropholidus or Phogidobolus as at present defined, but combines the characters of the two...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Montanucci, R.R. 1973. Systematics and Evolution of the Andean Lizard Genus Pholidobolus (Sauria: Teiidae). Misc. Publ. Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist. 59: 1-52 - get paper here
  • Parker,H.W. 1930. Two new reptiles from southern Ecuador. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 5: 568-571 - 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
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O., Venegas P.J., Nunes P.M.S. 2020. Description and phylogeny of a new species of an- dean lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the Huancabamba depression. South American Journal of Herpetology 18: 13–23 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Paola Mafla-Endara 2013. Evolutionary history of Andean Pholidobolus and Macropholidus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68 (2): 212–217 - get paper here
 
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