Siderolamprus orobius (SAVAGE & LIPS, 1993)
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Higher Taxa | Diploglossidae, Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Celestus orobius SAVAGE & LIPS 1993: 823 Celestus orobius — KÖHLER 2000: 41 Celestus orobius — KÖHLER 2008 Siderolamprus orobius — SCHOOLS & HEDGES 2021 |
Distribution | Costa Rica (Cordillera de Talamanca), elevation 1500-2000 m
Type locality: are near Hortensia, Palma and Fortuna on the Carretera Interamericana, 1500-2000 m elevation, Canton Pérez-Zeledón, Cordillera de Talamanca, San José, Costa Rica.
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Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: LACM 138540 |
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Etymology | Named after the Greek word for “mountain dweller” |
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- Köhler, G. 2000. Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 pp.
- Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
- Lotzkat, Sebastian, Andreas Hertz and Gunther Köhler 2016. A new species of Celestus (Squamata: Anguidae) from western Panama. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 962–975 - get paper here
- Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 pp. [review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205]
- Savage, J.M. & K.R. Lips 1993. A review of the status and biogeography of the lizard genera Celestus and Diploglossus (Squamata: Anguidae), with description of two new species from Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 41 (3b): 817-842 - get paper here
- Savage, JM; Lips, KR; Ibáñez RD 2008. A new species of Celestus from west-central Panama, with consideration of the status of the genera of the Anguidae: Diploglossinae (Squamata). Revista de Biologia Tropical 56 (2): 845-859 - get paper here
- SCHOOLS, MOLLY & S. BLAIR HEDGES 2021. Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the Neotropical forest lizards (Squamata, Diploglossidae). Zootaxa 4974 (2): 201–257 - get paper here
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