Zonosaurus maramaintso RASELIMANANA, NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY, 2006
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Higher Taxa | Gerrhosauridae (Zonosaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Zonosaurus maramaintso RASELIMANANA, NUSSBAUM & RAXWORTHY 2006 |
Distribution | Madagascar
Type locality: Antsalova region, Antsalova Fivondronana, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar, Madagascar.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: UMMZ 221904 (University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology) |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Similar to Z. boettgeri.
Habitat: trees in semi-deciduous, tropical forest.
Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | Named after the Malagasy word “maramaintso”, designating a color pattern of darker spots or patches on a green background. |
References |
- 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 - get paper here
- Raselimanana, A.P., R.A. Nussbaum and C.J. Raxworthy 2006. Observations and re-description of Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner 1891 and description of a second new species of long-tailed Zonosaurus from western Madagascar. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 739: 1-16 - get paper here
- Raselimanana, Achille P.; Brice Noonan, K. Praveen Karanth, Jacques Gauthier, Anne D. Yoder 2009. Phylogeny and evolution of Malagasy plated lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50 (2): 336-344 - get paper here
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