Sauresia manicula SCHOOLS & HEDGES, 2024
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Sauresia manicula
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| Higher Taxa | Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Small-footed Four-toed Forest Lizard |
| Synonym | Sauresia manicula SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 239 Sauresia sepsoides — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988:162 (part) Sauresia sepsoides — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991:463 (part) Celestus sepsoides — HENDERSON & POWELL 2009:105 (part) Celestus sepsoides — HEDGES et al., 2019:17 (part) Sauresia sepsoides — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021:231 (part) Sauresia sepsoides — LANDESTOY et al., 2022: 205 (part) |
| Distribution | Haiti Type locality: Berry, Ouest Department, Haiti (18.30795, -72.25389; 1,630 m). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. ANSP 38667, an adult, collected by S. Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas, Elizabeth Rochel, and Eladio Fernandez on 21 November 2009. Paratypes (n=3). HAITI. Ouest. ANSP 38668–9, S. Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas, Elizabeth Rochel, and Eladio Fernandez, Berry, 21 November 2009; SBH 268588, S. Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas, Elizabeth Rochel, and Eladio Fernandez, Berry, 21 November 2009. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Sauresia manicula sp. nov. has (1) a dorsal pattern of absent, (2) head markings absent/present, (3) markings in the longitudinal paramedian area present, (4) dots arranged in bars in the lateral band absent, (5) a maximum SVL of 59.6–69.0 mm, (6) ventral scale rows, 121–129, (7) midbody scale rows, 37–38, (8) total lamellae on one hand, 15–17, (9) total strigae on ten scales, 119–150, (10) relative length of all digits on one hindlimb, 11.2– 12.1 %, (11) relative distance between the angled subocular and mouth, 0.168–0.188 %, (12) relative eye length, 2.29–2.32 %, (13) relative forelimb length, 11.5–11.9 %, (14) relative ear width, 0.604–0.870 %, (15) relative rostral height, 1.89–1.90 %, (16) relative head length, 13.1–14.3 %, (17) relative mental width, 1.48–1.67 %, (18) relative postmental width, 2.13–2.16 %, (19) relative cloacal width, 5.30–6.41 %, (20) relative prefrontal width, 3.32–3.62 %, (21) relative largest supraocular width, 1.86–2.01 %, (22) relative longest finger length, 2.20–2.21 %, (23) relative distance between the ear and eye, 6.76–7.49 %, (24) relative head width, 72.9–82.8 %, (25) relative frontal width, 81.5 %, (26) relative nasal height, 0.772–1.09 %, (27) relative angled subocular height, 0.923–1.25 %, (28) relative distance between the eye and naris, 2.89–3.17 %, (29) relative canthal iii length, 1.06–1.43 %, (30) relative angled subocular width, 1.81–2.01 %, and (31) relative nasal length, 1.19–1.29 %. The species stem time is 0.78 Ma and the species crown time is 0.00 Ma (Fig. 4). we distinguish Sauresia manicula sp. nov. from the other species of Sauresia based on a complex of traits. From Sauresia agramma sp. nov., we distinguish S. manicula sp. nov. by the relative distance between angled subocular and mouth (0.168–0.188 versus 0.217–0.262), the relative rostral height (1.89–1.90 versus 1.92–2.12), the relative postmental width (2.13–2.16 versus 2.30–2.70), the relative angled subocular width (1.81–2.01 versus 2.07–2.47), and the relative nasal width (1.19–1.29 versus 1.36–1.57). From S. cayemitae sp. nov., we distinguish S. manicula sp. nov. by the adult SVL (59.6–69.0 versus 47.8–58.1), the ventral scale rows (121–129 versus 101–119), the total strigae on ten scales (119–150 versus 84–104), the relative postmental width (2.13–2.16 versus 2.27–2.51), and the relative longest finger length (2.20–2.21 versus 2.36–2.65). From S. gracilis sp. nov., we distinguish S. manicula sp. nov. by the dorsal pattern (absent versus mottled/lineate), the ventral scale rows (121–129 versus 103), the midbody scale rows (37–38 versus 36), and the total lamellae on one hand (15–17 versus 18). From S. habichi, we distinguish S. manicula sp. nov. by the total lamellae on one hand (15–17 versus 18–19), the total strigae on ten scales (119–150 versus 89–113), the relative longest finger length (2.20–2.21 versus 2.26–2.71), the relative frontal width (81.5 versus 71.8–77.5), and the relative nasal width (1.19–1.29 versus 0.942–1.12). From S. pangnolae sp. nov., we distinguish S. manicula sp. nov. by the ventral scale rows (121–129 versus 104–119), the total strigae on ten scales (119–150 versus 78–109), the relative eye length (2.29–2.32 versus 2.56–3.02), the relative prefrontal width (3.32–3.62 versus 3.70–3.83), the relative longest finger length (2.20–2.21 versus 2.29–2.54), the relative angled subocular width (1.81–2.01 versus 2.16–2.39), and the relative nasal width (1.19–1.29 versus 1.38–1.62). From S. sepsoides, we distinguish S. manicula sp. nov. the ventral scale rows (121–129 versus 104–119) and the relative eye length (2.29–2.32 versus 2.46–3.40). From S. synoria sp. nov., we distinguish S. manicula sp. nov. by the midbody scale rows (37–38 versus 34–36), the total strigae on ten scales (119–150 versus 84–111), the relative eye length (2.29–2.32 versus 2.47–2.94), the relative prefrontal width (3.32–3.62 versus 3.01–3.30), and the relative frontal width (81.5 versus 82.0–94.4). |
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| Etymology | Named after Latin manicula, a feminine nominative singular noun meaning small hand, in reference to the relatively small hands and feet in these lizards. |
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