Pholidobolus argosi AMÉZQUITA, MAZARIEGOS-H, CAÑAVERAL, OREJUELA, BARRAGÁN-CONTRERAS & DAZA, 2023
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Pholidobolus argosi
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Pholidobolus argosi AMÉZQUITA, MAZARIEGOS-H, CAÑAVERAL, OREJUELA, BARRAGÁN-CONTRERAS & DAZA 2023: 126 |
| Distribution | Colombia (Antioquia) Type locality: municipality of Andes, 5°29.92'N, 75°54.27'W, 2500 m elevation, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve, in secondary forest, amidst the leaf litter. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. MHUA-R13905, Adult male. Field original label: “AA_7058.” (Figs 1, 3; Table 2), 7 October 2020. Collected by Ubiel Rendón and Luis A. Mazariegos-H. Paratypes. Fourteen males, six females, and one juvenile. Table 2 shows field codes, localities, elevation, and geographic coordinates. Eighteen specimens were collected in Colombia, Antioquia: municipality of Andes, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve (MPNR), and one in Colombia, Caldas: municipality of Riosucio, MPNR, years 2018, 2019, and 2020. Collected by Ubiel Rendón, Luis A. Mazariegos, Jorge Jaramillo, and Osman López. The two other specimens from Colombia, Antioquia: Andes, Santa Rita, year 2009. Collected by Cornelio Bota. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The species can be diagnosed combining the following characters: (1) two supraocular scales; (2) prefrontal scales absent; (3) 9–17 temporal scales; (4) dorsal scales keeled; (5) 28–32 transverse rows of dorsal scales; (6) 20–22 transverse rows of ventral scales; (7) 26–35 scales around mid-body; (8) 1–2 (usually 1) rows of lateral scales; (9) lateral and medial ventral scales equal in size; (10) 0–5 femoral pores; (11) no sexual dimorphism in number of femoral pores; (12) labial scales pale, often crossed dorsally by a longitudinal white stripe bordered with black; (13) ventral head colouration paler towards the anterior end; (14) cream or white vertebral stripe bordered by two black stripes, originating on the rostral scale, completely covering the dorsal region of the head and the vertebral region of the body, reaching only the anterior portion of the tail, with maximum width of four scales on the body; (15) lateral colour brown, orange towards the shoulders and anterior part of the tail, with some ocelli, usually less than seven between limbs insertions, each white in centre and surrounded by black scales, with a longitudinal white line in the head, pale and discontinuous towards the body; (16) venter pink to pale orange, with few black markings in females; vivid orange with much more and much larger black markings in adult males; (17) subcylindrical and bilobed hemipenial body with 6–8 and 7–9 rows of spinulated flounces in the lateral columns of the sulcate and asulcate sides, respectively; (18) lateral columns of spinulated flounces connecting in the proximal region of the asulcate side. (Amezquita et al. 2023) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 6496 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The species epithet is dedicated to the company Odinsa, for their decisive involvement in the Cartama Conservation Project, in southwestern Antioquia, aimed at restoring ecosystem services by regenerating the Andean forest along the Quebrada San Antonio basin. Together with other stakeholders, the initiative planted more than 320000 native trees during 2019–2020 alone. |
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