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Stenocercus diploauris VENEGAS, ECHEVARRÍA, GARCÍA-AYACHI & LANDAURO, 2020

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Higher TaxaTropiduridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymStenocercus diploauris VENEGAS, ECHEVARRÍA, GARCÍA-AYACHI & LANDAURO 2020: 557 
DistributionPeru (Huancavelica)

Type locality: Limonal (12°13’55.097’’ S, 74°41’27.487’’ W), at 1,678 m asl, Surcubamba District, Tayacaja Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. CORBIDI 13643, adult male, collected on September 1, 2013 by A. Escobar.
Paratypes. Peru: Huancavelica Department: Tayacaja Province: CORBIDI 9913 (adult female), CORBIDI 9914 (juvenile male), CORBIDI 9915 (adult female), CORBIDI 9916 (adult male) from Jatuspata (12°15’1.2’’ S, 74°41’33.6’’ W), at 2,609 m asl, collected on April 7, 2011 by D. Amaya; CORBIDI 14672 adult female from Chupto (12°18’42.56’’ S, 74°39’13.23’’ W) at 2,328 m asl, collected on July 2, 2014 by L. Y. Echevarría; CORBIDI 14901 adult female from Jatuspata (12°15’28.83’’ S, 74°41’28.74’’ W) at 2,816 m asl, collected on July 2, 2014 by C. Landauro; CORBIDI 14902 and CORBIDI 14903 adult females from Jatuspata (12°15’35.31’’ S, 74°41’31.74’’ W) at 2,835 m asl, collected on July 3, 2014 by C. Landauro; CORBIDI 14904 adult male from Jatuspata (12°15’34.23’’ S, 74°41’25.12’’ W) at 2,920 m asl, collected on July 3, 2014 by C. Landauro; CORBIDI 14906 adult male from Limonal (12°13’58.82’’ S, 74°41’23.09’’ W) at 1,753 m asl, collected on July 8, 2014 by C. Landauro; CORBIDI 16036 adult female from Pichiu (12°19’50’’ S, 74°39’13.07’’ W) at 2090 m asl, collected on July 12, 2015 by J. Malqui. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Adult specimens of Stenocercus diploauris can be easily distinguished from all known species of Stenocercus by having a C-shaped nuchal mite pocket around the oblique fold, posteriorly limited by the antehumeral fold (Fig. 4). However, among the 69 currently known species of Stenocercus, S. diploauris resembles S. formosus Tschudi, 1845, and S. ochoai Fritts, 1972, by the combination of the following characters: (1) imbricate scales on the posterior surface of thighs, (2) well developed postfemoral mite pocket, (3) antehumeral and oblique neck folds, and (4) absence of posthumeral mite pocket.
The new species can be distinguished from S. ochoai and S. formosus by having dorsal and lateral nuchals similar in size and the presence of longitudinal neck fold, in the former species lateral nuchals are smaller than dorsal nuchals and the longitudinal neck fold is absent. Furthermore, S. diploauris differs from S. formosus (character state of latter in parenthesis) by having three whorls per autotomic segment (four), smooth dorsal head scales (keeled), and fewer scales, 50–61, around midbody (74–82) (Venegas et al. 2020).


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EtymologyThe specific epithet “diploauris” is a noun (in apposition) in the nominative singular and derives from the Greek word diploos (= double) and the Latin word auris (= ear). It refers to the depression on both sides of the neck of the new species, appearing like a second tympanic opening. 
References
  • VENEGAS, PABLO J.; LOURDES Y. ECHEVARRÍA, LUIS A. GARCÍA-AYACHI, CAROLL Z. LANDAURO 2020. Two new sympatric species of Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania) from the inter-Andean valley of the Mantaro River, Peru. Zootaxa 4858 (4): 555–575 - get paper here
 
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