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Yanomamia testigensis GORZULA & SENARIS, 1999

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymArthrosaura testigensis GORZULA & SENARIS 1999: 117
Yanomamia testigensis — KOK et al. 2025 
DistributionVenezuela

Type locality: Altiplanicie Sur Terekyurén, Base de Los Testigos, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela (05° 52’ N, 62°03’ W), 1800 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MHNLS 10730 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Arthrosaura testigensis differs from A. synaptolepis in having prefrontals; from A. reticulata , A. tyleri and A. versteegi in having four supraoculars, and from A. kockii in having the loreal separated from the supralabials, the loreal region with smooth scales, 3 pairs of genials and 8 preanal plates. 
CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017).

Synonymy: Kok et al. 2025 placed Arthrosaura testigensis in the genus Yanomamia. However, they have not released any sequence data as of this writing (23 Aug 2025) after their article was published on 14 June 2025. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Los Testigos (a.k.a. Aparamán), a mountain chain in Estado Bolívar, Venezuela. [“...For the locality, Serrania de Los Testigos, where the holotype and paratype were collected...”]. 
References
  • Gorzula, Stefan & Senaris, J. Celsa 1999. In: Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I: a data base. Scientia Guaianae, Caracas, No. 8 [1998], 269+ pp.; ISBN 980-6020-48-0
  • Jaramillo-Alba, J. L., Perez-Mendoza, H. A., de la Vega-Perez, A. H. D. and Akcali, C. K. 2020. Do reproductive costs affect adult survival in Mexican dusky rattlesnakes? A test using mark–recapture data. Herpetologica 76: - get paper here
  • Kok, P. J., Fouquet, A., Torres Carvajal, O., Means, D. B., & Rodrigues, M. T. 2025. New insights into the molecular phylogenetic relationships of lizards in the Neotropical genus Arthrosaura (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae) reveal rampant ‘cryptic’speciation in the Guiana Shield. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 204(2), zlaf045 - 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
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
 
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