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Procellosaurinus tetradactylus RODRIGUES, 1991

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Gymnophthalmini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rodrigues' Four-fingered Teiid 
SynonymProcellosaurinus tetradactylus RODRIGUES 1991
Procellosaurinus tetradactylus — HÖFLING & RENOUS 2004
Procellosaurinus tetradactylus — CASTOE et al. 2004 
DistributionBrazil (Bahia)

Type locality: Alagoado, Bahia (09°29’ S, 41°21’ W).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 11.597 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Dezesseis fileiras de escamas ao redor do meio do corpo: quatro delas entre as faixas claras dorsolaterais, as duas externas sempre majores que as duas centrais. Faixa clara dorsolateral fortemente marginada por negro da prefrontal até poueo após a raiz do braco, dar até a raiz da cauda urn fino pontilhado negro limita superiormente a faixa dorsolateral.” [RODRIGUES 1991]. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Greek tetras (τετράς), the number four + Greek dactylos (δάκτυλος), finger, toe. (RODRIGUES 1991, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • Castoe, T.A.; Doan, T.M. & Parkinson, C.L. 2004. Data partitions and complex models in Bayesian analysis: the phylogeny of Gymnophthalmid lizards. Systematic Biology 53 (3): 448-469 - get paper here
  • Höfling, Elizabeth and Sabine Renous 2004. High frequency of pauses during intermittent locomotion of small South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Phyllomedusa 3 (2): 83-94 - get paper here
  • Ramiro, Carolina Nisa; Mauro Teixeira Junior and Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2017. Reproductive Biology of Three Sympatric Species of Gymnophthalmid Lizards from the Sand Dunes of the Middle São Francisco River, Bahia, Brazil. South American J. Herp. 12 (1): 76–88 - get paper here
  • Renous, Sabine; Elizabeth Höfling and Vincent Bels 2008. Locomotion patterns in two South American gymnophthalmid lizards: Vanzosaura rubricauda and Procellosaurinus tetradactylus. Zoology 111 (4): 295-308 - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, M. T. 1991. Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do Rio Sào Francisco, Bahia, Brazil. III. Procellosaurinus: um novo genero de microteiideos sem palpebra, com a redefinicao do genero Gymnophthalmus (Sauria, Teiidae). Papéis Avulsos Zoology (Sao Paulo) 37 (21): 329-342 - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, M.T. 2003. Herpetofauna da Caatinga. In: I.R. Leal, M. Tabarelli & J.M.C. Silva (eds.). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga, pp. 181-236. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
  • Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut; Katia Cristina Machado Pellegrino, Marianna Dixo, Vanessa Kruth Verdade, Dante Pavan, Antônio Jorge Suzart Argolo, and Jack W. Sites Jr. 2007. A new genus of microteiid lizard from the Atlantic forests of State of Bahia, Brazil, with a new generic name for Colobosaura mentalis, and a discussion of relationships among the Heterodactylini (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). American Museum novitates (3565): 1-27 - get paper here
  • Uchôa LR, Delfim FR, Mesquita DO, Colli GR, Garda AA, Guedes TB 2022. Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 599-659 - get paper here
 
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