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Placosoma cordylinum TSCHUDI, 1847

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesPlacosoma cordylinum cordylinum FITZINGER in TSCHUDI 1847
Placosoma cordylinum champsonotus (WERNER 1910) 
Common Names 
SynonymPlacosoma cordylinum cordylinum TSCHUDI 1847
Placosoma cordylinum FITZINGER in TSCHUDI 1847: 51
Ecpleopus lutzae LOVERIDGE 1944: 97
Placosoma cordylinum cordylinum — UZZELL 1959
Placosoma cordylinum cordylinum — PETERS et al. 1970: 229
Placosoma cordylinum — CASTOE et al. 2004

Placosoma cordylinum champsonotus (WERNER 1910)
Prionodactylus champsonotus WERNER 1910: 31
Prionodactylus champsonotus — WERNER 1916: 307
Euspondylus cupreus ANDERSSON 1916
Elaphrosaura spitzi AMARAL 1933: 68 (fide UZZELL 1962)
Placosoma cordylinum champsonotus — UZZELL 1959: 9
Placosoma cordylinum champsonotus — PETERS et al. 1970: 229
Placosoma champsonotus — ZAHER et al. 2011 
DistributionBrazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Santa Catarina).

cordylinum: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro); Type locality: Rio Beija-flor, Therezopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

champsonotus: Brazil (Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais ?, Mato Grosso ?, Santa Catarina, Pernambuco); Type locality: Itapocú, Jaraguá, Santa Catharina, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: lost (fide Peters 1862, Uzzell 1959, Sturaro 2016) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (6680 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSimilar species: Cercosaura ocellata Wagler, 1830 has been confused with Placosoma cordylinum (Sturaro 2016).

Type species: Placosoma cordylinum TSCHUDI 1847 is the type species of the genus Placosoma TSCHUDI 1847. Sometimes the authorship is cited as FITZINGER in TSCHUDI 1847 but Grillitsch, cited in Borges-Nojosa et al. 2016 argued that Tschudi should be the sole author.

Distribution: see map in Sturaro 2016: 88.

Subspecies: The subspecies of Placosoma cordylinum differed from one another in the number of dorsal scales at the level of shoulders (4–8 in P. c. cordylinum and 8 or 9 in P. c. champsonotus) and in the condition of the median dorsal scale (usually wider than long in P. c. cordylinum, and longer than wide in P. c. champsonotus) (Uzzell 1959). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin cordylus, lizard pecies due to Linnaeus, 1758 + Latin -inus, suffix indicating possession, belonging to, pertaining to, having the nature of, made of, quality of, state or condition of. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024)

The genus was named after Greek placos (πλάκος, from πλάξ), anything flat and broad + Greek soma (σῶμα), body. 
References
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