Plestiodon longiartus GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ, PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, FERIA-ORTIZ & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA, 2021
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Plestiodon longiartus
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Plestiodon longiartus GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ, PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, FERIA-ORTIZ & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA 2021 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Guerrero) Type locality: approximately 4 km southeast of Paraje Montero on Tlapa de Comonfort-San Luis Acatlán road, Guerrero, Mexico; 17.1568N, 98.6918W; datum 1⁄4 WGS84 in all cases; 2206 m elevation |
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| Types | Holotype. MZFC-HE 28877 (field number OORH 59), an adult male; collected on 30 May 2013 by O.O. Rivera-Huerta, E. Pérez-Ramos, E. Centenero-Alcalá, and J.J. Avendan ̃o-Pazos. Paratypes.—Seven specimens, all from the Sierra Madre del Sur of eastern Guerrero and western Oaxaca. Six specimens from the municipality of Malinaltepec, Guerrero: one from the same locality as the holotype (MZFC-HE 28878); one from approximately 3 km west of Paraje Montero, 17.16258N, 98.7078W; 1937 m elevation (MZFC- HE 28876); one from approximately 0.73 km (airline) south of Portezuelo, detour to Xochiatenco, 17.1518N, 98.6918W; 2114 m elevation (MZFC-HE 28875); and three from Ejido Tres Mar ́ıas, San Luis Acatla ́n-Tlapa de Comonfort road (one each from 17.09218N, 98.7388W; 2108 m elevation [MZFC-HE 28879]; 17.09228N, 98.7428W; 2104 m elevation [MZFC-HE 28873]; and 17.17268N, 98.6798W; 2246 m elevation [MZFC-HE 28874]); and one specimen from Guadalupe Zacatepec, municipality of San Andre ́s Cabecera Nueva, Oaxaca, 16.82688N, 97.8798W; 1342 m elevation (MZFC-HE 13447). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Plestiodon longiartus can be distinguished from all described congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) postnasal scale absent; (2) postmental scale single; (3) scale bordering postgenial scale medially wider than long; (4) primary temporal present; (5) lateral pale line well defined on neck; (6) interparietal contacting nuchals; (7) well-defined dorsolateral pale line extending posteriorly to hind limbs; (8) forelimbs and hind limbs relatively long, touching each other when adpressed against body; (9) four supraoculars; (10) longitudinal dorsal scale rows around midbody 22–24; (11) lamellae under fourth toe 13–17; and, (12) transverse dorsal scale rows 47–52. Additional details (3660 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The specific name is formed from the Latin words longus (long) and artus (limb), in reference to the long limbs present in the new species. |
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