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Pholidobolus argosi AMÉZQUITA, MAZARIEGOS-H, CAÑAVERAL, OREJUELA, BARRAGÁN-CONTRERAS & DAZA, 2023

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPholidobolus argosi AMÉZQUITA, MAZARIEGOS-H, CAÑAVERAL, OREJUELA, BARRAGÁN-CONTRERAS & DAZA 2023: 126 
DistributionColombia (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 
TypesHolotype. 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 
CommentInformation request form sent to authors on 4/2/2023 with details requested for next database release. 
EtymologyThe 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. 
References
  • Amézquita A, Mazariegos-H LA, Cañaveral S, Orejuela C, Barragán-Contreras LA, Daza JM 2023. Species richness under a vertebral stripe: integrative taxonomy uncovers three additional species of Pholidobolus lizards (Sauria, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the north-western Colombian Andes. ZooKeys 1141: 119–148
 
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