Enyalius iheringii, Gunther & Dallas & Carruthers & Francis, 1885

Gunther, Albert C. L. G., Dallas, William S., Carruthers, William & Francis, William, 1885, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, Reptiles and Batrachians from Brazil, LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.; KENT AND CO.,; WHITT AKER AND CO.: BAILLIERE, PARIS: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH: HODGES, FOSTER, AND CO., DUBLIN: AND ASHER, BERLIN: TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, pp. 1-96 : 192

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14926803

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14926844

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/584D535B-FFA8-FFAE-7586-3EDEFDEDFAB8

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scientific name

Enyalius iheringii
status

sp. nov.

* 4 . Enyalius Iheringii View in CoL , sp. n.

Distinguished View Figure from E. catenatus (Wied) in the following points:—Nostril nearly equally distant from the orbit and the tip of the snout. The scales on the vertebral region rela ­ tively larger, subrhomboidal, flat, distinctly keeled. Limbs shorter; tibia shorter than the head; the adpressed bind limb reaches the anterior border of the orbit in the male, the angle of the mouth in the female. Purplish brown above, the male uniform, the female with an alternating series of black spots on the vertebral region and, on each side from nape to base of tail, a broad yellow band; lower surfaces brownish or purplish.

Two specimens, ♂ ♀.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Leiosauridae

Genus

Enyalius

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