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Yanomamia guianensis (MACCULLOCH & LATHROP, 2001)

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymArthrosaura guianensis MACCULLOCH & LATHROP 2001
Arthrosaura guianensis — COLE et al. 2013
Loxopholis guianensis — GOICOECHEA et al. 2016
Yanomamia guianensis — MACHADO-PELLEGRINO et al. 2018 
DistributionGuyana (Mount Ayanganna, Pakaraima Mountains)

Type locality: northeast plateau of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana (05° 24’ N, 059° 57’ W; elevation 1490 m).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ROM 39471 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Yanomamia is characterized by having parietals and interparietal forming an almost straight posterior margin of the head, keeled and imbricate dorsal scales in transverse but not in longitudinal rows, smooth and posteriorly rounded ventral scales in longitudinal and transverse rows, enlarged temporal scales, gular scales wider than long in two longitudinal rows marginated by diminutive granules continuous and similar in size to those on the lateral sides of neck, femoral pores in the center of a single scale, and transverse vilosities of the hemipenis with spinules.


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CommentType species: Arthrosaura guianensis MACCULLOCH & LATHROP 2001 is the type species of the genus Yanomamia MACHADO-PELLEGRINO et al. 2018. 
EtymologyThe specific epithet refers to the country where the species was collected.

The genus was named after the Yanomami Indians and their lands which largely coincide with the Tepui area, the highland region of the Guiana Shield inhabited by these lizards. The genus name, Yanomamia, is feminine. 
References
  • Cole, Charles J.; Carol R. Townsend, Robert P. Reynolds, Ross D. MacCulloch, and Amy Lathrop 2013. Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (4): 317-578; plates: 580-620 - get paper here
  • Goicoechea, N., Frost, D. R., De la Riva, I., Pellegrino, K. C. M., Sites, J., Rodrigues, M. T. and Padial, J. M. 2016. Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment. Cladistics, doi: 10.1111/cla.12150 - get paper here
  • Kok, Philippe J.R. 2008. A new highland species of Arthrosaura Boulenger, 1885 (Squamata: Symnophthalmidae) from Maringma tepui on the border of Guyana and Brazil. Zootaxa 1909: 1-15 - get paper here
  • Macculloch, R. AND AMY LATHROP 2001. A New Species of Arthrosaura (Sauria: Teiidae) from the Highlands of Guyana. Carib. J. Sci. 37 (3-4): 174-181 - get paper here
  • MACHADO-PELLEGRINO, KATIA CRISTINA; TULIANA OLIVEIRA BRUNES, SERGIO MARQUES SOUZA, MARCIA MARIA LAGUNA, TERESA CRISTINA SAUER AVILA-PIRES, MARINUS STEVEN HOOGMOED, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES 2018. On the distinctiveness of Amapasaurus, its relationship with Loxopholis Cope 1869, and description of a new genus for L. guianensis and L. hoogmoedi (Gymnophthalmoidea/Ecpleopodini: Squamata). Zootaxa 4441 (2): 332–346 - get paper here
 
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