Alopoglossus avilapiresae, Ribeiro-Júnior & Choueri & Lobos & Venegas & Torres-Carvajal & Werneck, 2019

ALOPOGLOSSUS AVILAPIRESAE View in CoL SP. NOV.

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Alopoglossus angulatus Ribeiro-Júnior (2018: 32 View in CoL , part).

Holotype: INPA-H 9515 , male, BRAZIL, STATE OF AMAZONAS, Maraã municipality, Amanã, Baré (2°28 ′ 54.95 ″ S, 64°42 ′ 36.98 ″ W), 5 February 2001, GoogleMaps

Etymology

The specific epithet is a noun in the genitive case honoring Teresa Cristina Sauer de Ávila-Pires, in recognition of her valuable contribution to the knowledge of the Amazonian lizards. The first author of this study (M.A. R.-J.) expresses his great appreciation to T. Ávila-Pires for her valuable and constructive contribution to his personal and professional development.

Ana Cristina de Oliveira Cordeiro Duarte, field number RCV 01-322 ( Figs 12, 13).

Paratypes: BRAZIL: State of Amazonas : INPA-H 9514 , Amanã, Baré (2°28 ′ 54.9 ″ S, 64°42 ′ 37 ″ W), 30 January 2001, Duarte, field number RCV 01-274 GoogleMaps ; INPA-H 9394 , Amanã, Boa Esperança (2°29 ′ 17.6 ″ S, 64°45 ′ 12.9 ″ W), 1 February 2001, Duarte, field number RCV 01-292 GoogleMaps ; INPA-H 9382 , Amanã, Boa Vista (2°20 ′ 32.7 ″ S, 64°51 ′ 33.8 ″ W), 12 January 2001, Duarte, field number RCV 01-74 GoogleMaps ; INPA-H 11112 , 11119 , two females, Maraã, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Paraná Trail (2°21 ′ 42.68 ″ S, 65°15 ′ 35.45 ″ W), 9 September 2003 and 6 September 2006, Bernhard GoogleMaps .

Material examined: Fifty-eight (N = 58) referred specimens for morphological analyses from Brazil, Colombia and Peru and one sample for molecular analyses from Peru (see Supporting Information; Appendix S2, Table S1).

Diagnosis

Alopoglossus avilapiresae is distinguished from all other species of Alopoglossus by the combination of the following characters: (1) scales on the sides of the neck non-granular, keeled, imbricate (at least medial and posterior ones phylloid), in ten to 13 transverse rows; (2) three pairs of chin shields; (3) third pair of chin shields with rounded posterior margins, in direct contact with gulars or separated from them by a row of small scales; (4) absence of a pair of medial enlarged pregular scales; (5) scales on gular region subequal in size, but varying in shape: lateral ones strongly keeled, pointed, phylloid; anterior, medial and posterior ones feebly keeled, bluntly pointed; anteriormost transverse row with scales smooth, almost rounded posteriorly, and varying from similar in size to slightly smaller than those in the proceeding rows; (6) ventral scales mucronate, imbricate, with bluntly pointed posterior margins (almost rounded), varying from smooth to feebly keeled; (7) total number of femoral pores in males 23–29.