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Plestiodon longiartus GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ, PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, FERIA-ORTIZ & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA, 2021

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPlestiodon longiartus GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ, PAVÓN-VÁZQUEZ, FERIA-ORTIZ & NIETO-MONTES DE OCA 2021 
DistributionMexico (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  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. 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). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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.


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific name is formed from the Latin words longus (long) and artus (limb), in reference to the long limbs present in the new species. 
References
  • García-Vázquez, Uri O.; Carlos J. Pavón-Vázquez, Manuel Feria-Ortiz & Adrián Nieto-Montes de Oca 2021. A New Species of Blue-Tailed Skink (Scincidae: Plestiodon) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico. Herpetologica Mar 2021 Vol. 77, No. 1: 85-93 - get paper here
 
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