Pholidobolus celsiae AMÉZQUITA, MAZARIEGOS-H, CAÑAVERAL, OREJUELA, BARRAGÁN-CONTRERAS & DAZA, 2023
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Pholidobolus celsiae
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Pholidobolus celsiae AMÉZQUITA, MAZARIEGOS-H, CAÑAVERAL, OREJUELA, BARRAGÁN-CONTRERAS & DAZA 2023: 134 |
| Distribution | Colombia Type locality: Colombia, Risaralda: Municipality of Mistrató, 5°28.01'N, 75°53.44'W, secondary forest, under rocks. |
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| Types | Holotype. MHUA-R13906, Adult male, with genitalia in a separate microvial. Original label: AA_7061, 7 October 2020. Collected by Ubiel Rendón and Luis A. Mazariegos-H. Paratypes. Eleven males, two females, and one juvenile. Table 2 shows field codes, localities, elevation, and geographic coordinates. Twelve specimens were collected in Colombia, Risaralda: Mistrató, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve (MPNR), May 2018, June 2019, and October 2020. Collected by Ubiel Rendón, Luis A. MazariegosH., Jorge Jaramillo, and Osman López. One from Colombia: Risaralda, Municipality of Mistrató, Mampay village. Collected by Juan P. Hurtado. The other from Colombia, Risaralda: Municipality of Pereira, vereda La Suiza, Santuario de Fauna y Flora Otún Quimbaya. Collected by Melisa Galeano. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The species can be diagnosed combining the following characters: (1) three supraocular scales; (2) prefrontal scales present; (3) 14–28 temporal scales; (4) dorsal scales keeled; (5) 28–32 transverse rows of dorsal scales; (6) 18–21 transverse rows of ventral scales; (7) 36–44 scales around mid-body; (8) 1–3 rows of lateral scales; (9) lateral and medial ventral scales equal in size; (10) 5–6 femoral pores; (11) no sexual dimorphism in number of femoral pores; (12) labial scales pale, often with black markings; (13) ventral head colouration homogeneous in females; with irregular orange or black markings, and paler towards the anterior half in males; (14) white to cream 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 two scales on the body; (15) lateral colour pattern brown and dark orange to red, with numerous ocelli, usually more than seven between the limbs insertions, white in centre and surrounded by black scales, with a longitudinal pale line laterally, continuous and white in the head, pale and discontinuous towards the body; (16) venter pink to pale orange, or brown, with darker marking towards the edge of scales in females; vivid orange to red, with scattered black markings towards the edge of scales in males; (17) subcylindrical and bilobed hemipenial body with 4–5 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 distal 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 7700 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The species epithet is dedicated to the Celsia Foundation, for their voluntary contribution to the restoration of cloud and dry forests in the tropical Andes, through their reforestation program Reverde-C, which already planted more than one million trees. In addition, their program for children education in rural areas, already benefited more than 16000 students in terms of school infrastructure, teacher training, and further logistic support during the Covid pandemic. We believe their commitment contributes to the well-being and education of direct neighbours and thereby stakeholders of Colombian protected nature. |
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