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Pholidobolus vertebralis (O’SHAUGHNESSY, 1879)

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Brown Prionodactylus
S: Lagartija minadora subtropical 
SynonymCercosaura (Pantodactylus) vertebralis O’SHAUGHNESSY 1879: 298
Prionodactylus vertebralis — BOULENGER 1885: 394
Prionodactylus palmeri BOULENGER 1908: 518
Prionodactylus vertebralis — WERNER 1916: 307
Prionodactylus marianus RUTHVEN 1921
Euspondylus ampuedae LANCINI 1968
Prionodactylus vertebralis — PETERS et al. 1970: 236
Prionodactylus vertebralis — VILLA et al. 1988
Prionodactylus ampuedai — LA MARCA & GARCIA-PEREZ 1990
Prionodactylus vertebralis — KÖHLER 2000: 104
Prionodactylus ampuedai — MIJARES-URRUTIA 2001
Cercosaura vertebralis — DOAN 2003
Cercosaura ampuedai — RIVAS et al. 2012
Cercosaura ampuedae — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013
Pholidobolus vertebralis — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2015 
DistributionPanama, Ecuador, Colombia, NW Peru (Piura, Cajamarca, elevation 1200-2500 m)

Type locality: Intac, Ecuador.

ampuedai: Venezuela (Tachira), Colombia; Type locality: Venezuela, Tachira, Villa Paez, 2000 m elevation (both holotype and neotype)

Elevation: 700–2500 m (DOAN & LAMAR 2012).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.35
Holotype: MCNC 5223 (lost fide MIJARES-URRUTIA 2001) [ampuedai]
Neotype: MCNC 7544 [ampuedai]
Holotype: UMMZ [marianus] 
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CommentSynonymy mainly that of PETERS et al. 1970. C. ampuedai has been synonymized with P. vertebralis by UZZELL (1973) and DOAN (2003). Some populations of P. vertebralis have been assigned to P. paramuno. 
EtymologyApparently named after the Latin vertebra (backbone) plus the suffix -alis (belonging to), in reference to the vertebral stripe.

Prionodactylus ampuedai has been named after the collector, Ramón Ampueda. 
References
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