Sauresia pangnolae SCHOOLS & HEDGES, 2024
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Sauresia pangnolae
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| Higher Taxa | Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Pangnol Four-toed Forest Lizard |
| Synonym | Sauresia pangnolae SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2024: 242 Sauresia sepsoides — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988:162 (part) Sauresia sepsoides — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991:463 (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: Morne Bois Pangnol, Nippes Department, Haiti |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. ANSP 38684, an adult female, collected by S. Blair Hedges, Tiffany Cloud, Sarah Hanson, and Miguel Landestoy on 20 June 2012 (18.41869, -73.77512; 1,170 m). Paratypes (n=10). HAITI. Grand’Anse. ANSP 38690, Richard Thomas and Manuel Leal, 11.8 km S of Pestel, 25 May 1991. Nippes. ANSP 38663–4, S. Blair Hedges, Nicholas Plummer, Manuel Leal, Richard Thomas, and locals, 8.0 km SSw of Baraderes, 7 June 1991. Sud. KU 227822, Camp Perrin, 26 July 1962 (18.31667, -73.86667); KU 227823, 227827–8, 4.5 mi N Camp Perrin, 26–27 June 1979 (18.41118, -73.821); KU 227837–8, 227842, 11.8 mi N Cavaillon, 27 July 1976. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Sauresia pangnolae sp. nov. has (1) a dorsal pattern of absent/irregular dots, (2) head markings absent/present, (3) markings in the longitudinal paramedian area absent/present, (4) dots arranged in bars in the lateral band absent, (5) a maximum SVL of 53.8–66.7 mm, (6) ventral scale rows, 104–119, (7) midbody scale rows, 35–42, (8) total lamellae on one hand, 14–19, (9) total strigae on ten scales, 78–109, (10) relative length of all digits on one hindlimb, 11.6–14.3 %, (11) relative distance between the angled subocular and mouth, 0.129– 0.259 %, (12) relative eye length, 2.56–3.02 %, (13) relative forelimb length, 11.4–12.6 %, (14) relative ear width, 0.681–1.11 %, (15) relative rostral height, 1.73–2.27 %, (16) relative head length, 13.0–15.4 %, (17) relative mental width, 1.23–1.90 %, (18) relative postmental width, 2.04–2.47 %, (19) relative cloacal width, 6.07–6.81 %, (20) relative prefrontal width, 3.70–3.83 %, (21) relative largest supraocular width, 1.77–2.63 %, (22) relative longest finger length, 2.29–2.54 %, (23) relative distance between the ear and eye, 6.94–7.46 %, (24) relative head width, 70.8–78.2 %, (25) relative frontal width, 69.6–81.5 %, (26) relative nasal height, 0.945–1.05 %, (27) relative angled subocular height, 0.862–1.64 %, (28) relative distance between the eye and naris, 2.86–3.70 %, (29) relative canthal iii length, 1.09–1.51 %, (30) relative angled subocular width, 2.16–2.39 %, and (31) relative nasal length, 1.38–1.62 %. The species stem time is 4.66 Ma and the species crown time is 0.65 Ma (Fig. 4). we distinguish Sauresia pangnolae sp. nov. from the other species of Sauresia based on a complex of traits. From Sauresia agramma sp. nov., we distinguish S. pangnolae sp. nov. by the ventral scale rows (104–119 versus 121–127). From S. cayemitae sp. nov., we distinguish S. pangnolae sp. nov. by the relative prefrontal width (3.70– 3.83 versus 3.11–3.64) and the relative distance between the ear and eye (6.94–7.46 versus 6.02–6.88). From S. gracilis sp. nov., we distinguish S. pangnolae sp. nov. by the dorsal pattern (absent/irregular dots versus mottled/ lineate), the adult SVL (53.8–66.7 versus 51.1), the ventral scale rows (104–119 versus 103), the relative forelimb length (11.4–12.6 versus 10.8), the relative ear width (0.681–1.11 versus 0.665), the relative head length (13.0–15.4 versus 15.7), the relative postmental width (2.04–2.47 versus 2.76), the relative cloacal width (6.07–6.81 versus 7.18), the relative longest finger length (2.29–2.54 versus 1.96), the relative distance between the ear and eye (6.94–7.46 versus 7.63), the relative head width (70.8–78.2 versus 67.6), the relative frontal width (69.6–81.5 versus 82.9), the relative width of canthal iii (1.09–1.51 versus 1.82), the relative angled subocular width (2.16–2.39 versus 1.96), and the relative nasal width (1.38–1.62 versus 1.33). From S. habichi, we distinguish S. pangnolae sp. nov. by the ventral scale rows (104–119 versus 122–125), the relative angled subocular width (2.16–2.39 versus 1.67–2.03), and the relative nasal width (1.38–1.62 versus 0.942–1.12). From S. manicula sp. nov., we distinguish S. pangnolae sp. nov. by the ventral scale rows (104–119 versus 121–129), the total strigae on ten scales (78–109 versus 119–150), the relative eye length (2.56–3.02 versus 2.29–2.32), the relative prefrontal width (3.70–3.83 versus 3.32–3.62), the relative longest finger length (2.29–2.54 versus 2.20–2.21), the relative angled subocular width (2.16–2.39 versus 1.81–2.01), and the relative nasal width (1.38–1.62 versus 1.19–1.29). From S. sepsoides, we cannot distinguish S. pangnolae sp. nov. based on our standard suite of characters (see Remarks). From S. synoria sp. nov., we distinguish S. pangnolae sp. nov. by the relative ear width (0.681–1.11 versus 0.361–0.670), the relative prefrontal width (3.70–3.83 versus 3.01–3.30), the relative frontal width (69.6–81.5 versus 82.0–94.4), and the relative nasal width (1.38–1.62 versus 1.13–1.35). (Schools & Hedges 2024) Additional details (685 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Similar species: Sauresia pangnolae sp. nov. and S. sepsoides cannot be distinguished morphologically. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality in the region of Morne Bois Pangnol. |
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