Siagonodon exiguum MARTINS, FOLLY, NUNES FERREIRA, GARCIA DA SILVA, KOCH, FOUQUET, MACHADO, LOPES, PINTO, RODRIGUES & PASSOS, 2023
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Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Siagonodon exiguum MARTINS, FOLLY, NUNES FERREIRA, GARCIA DA SILVA, KOCH, FOUQUET, MACHADO, LOPES, PINTO, RODRIGUES & PASSOS 2023: 348 |
Distribution | Brazil (Pará) Type locality: Monte Branco Plateau located in the Saracá-Taquera National Forest, Pará, Brazil (01°37’56.99”S, 56°33’29.03”W, 195 meters above sea level (m a.s.l.) |
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Types | Holotype: MNRJ 27562, Adult female (Figs 3–5 in Martins et al. 2023). Paratypes (Figs 3–5). Six specimens, two females (MNRJ 27557 and 27561) and four males (MNHN-RA-2023.0001, MNRJ 27558–60). MNRJ 27557–61, unknown collector, from the type locality (01°37’S, 56°33’W); and MNHN-RA-2023.001, collected by T. Decaens and E. Lapied on March 2015, from Mitaraka (02°14’8.77”N, 54°26’57.41”W; 328 m a.s.l), French Guiana. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The putative autapomorphy of Siagonodon exiguum sp. nov. may be represented by lateral pointed projections on the snout or with inconspicuous lateral projection by presenting a slight concavity on the mid-rostral portion of snout (see below in comparison the opposite states for snout condition). (Martins et al. 2023) |
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