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A New Species of Lizard, Genus Micrablepharus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), from Brazil Author(S): Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Source: Herpetologica, Vol Herpetologists' League A New Species of Lizard, Genus Micrablepharus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), from Brazil Author(s): Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Source: Herpetologica, Vol. 52, No. 4 (Dec., 1996), pp. 535-541 Published by: Herpetologists' League Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3893211 Accessed: 24/01/2010 21:15 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=herpetologists. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. Herpetologists' League is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Herpetologica. http://www.jstor.org December 1996] HERPETOLOGICA 535 ICNMHN 16700, 17242 (AA), 17540; H. bergeri:KU (A), 116442-55, 137347-55; H. "orientalis" (Colom- 162258 (A); H. chirripoi: UVC 8249; H. colymbi- bia, Depto. Meta): ICNMHN 21238-40; H. pulver- phyllum: 10585-88, 15992, 15998; H. eurygnatha: atum: UVC 9673; H. uranoscopum:ICNMHN 23794- KU 93225 (A);H. fleischmanni:KU 65189-200, 68640 95, KU 93231 (A); H. valerioi: KU 104328 (A). Herpetologica, 52(4), 1996, 535-541 ? 1996 by The Herpetologists' League, Inc. A NEW SPECIES OF LIZARD, GENUS MICRABLEPHARUS (SQUAMATA:GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE), FROM BRAZIL MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES Universidade de Sdo Paulo, Instituto de Biociedncias,Departamento de Zoologia, Caixa Postal 11.461, CEP 05422-970, Sdo Paulo, SP, Brazil ABSTRACT: A new species of Micrablepharuswith the fourth supralabialbelow the eye, five to eight femoral pores, and four longitudinal white stripes is described from the central Brazilian Cerrados.Micrablepharus atticolus, sp. nov., is broadly sympatric with Micrablepharusmaximi- liani. Micrablepharusglaucurus and M. dunni are considered synonyms of M. maximiliani. Key words: Micrablepharusatticolus; New species; Sauria;Gymnophthalmidae; Brazil THE systematics of gymnophthalmid cryptus (Hoogmoed et al., 1992). Gym- lizards that lack eyelids have undergone nophthalmus also was redefined and re- major changes. Boulenger (1885) recog- stricted to the species occurring north of nized only two microteiid genera that lack the Amazon, and the new genus Vanzo- eyelids: Gymnophthalmus and Micra- saura described to replace the former blepharus. Both were placed with other Gymnophthalmus rubricauda and its ju- skink-like microteiids with eyelids in his nior synonym, Gymnophthalmus multi- groupIV. scutatus (Rodrigues,1991c), from the open Until recently, Gymnophthalmus and habitats south of the Amazon Basin. Micrablepharus were the only known Currently, Micrablepharusincludes the gymnophthalmids that lack eyelids. In the type species maximiliani (Reinhardt and last 10 yr, several new taxa have been de- Lutken, 1861) and Micrablepharusdunni scribed, thereby showing that the radiation Laurent, 1949 (Peters and Donoso-Barros, of these eyelid-less microteiids is much 1970). Micrablepharus glaucurus Boett- more diverse than previously known. ger, 1885, the only other name associated Among the new taxa are Nothobachia, with Micrablepharus, is considered to be monotypic for the new species N. ableph- a junior synonym of M. maximiliani. ara (Rodrigues,1984); Calyptommatus, for In the process of an on-going study of the new species C. sinebrachiatus, C. lei- the phylogenetic relationships of gym- olepis, and C. nicterus (Rodrigues,1991a); nophthalmid lizards that lack eyelids, I Psilophthalmus, monotypic for P. pae- borrowed specimens of Micrablepharus minosus (Rodrigues, 1991b); and Procel- from most of the Brazilianinstitutions that losaurinus, for the new species P. erythro- included it in their collections. Consider- cercus and P. tetradactylus (Rodrigues, ing the rarity of these lizards in the liter- 1991c). Two new species of Gymnophthal- ature, I was surprized that I was able to mus also were described-G. leucomystax assemble a collection of >200 specimens (Vanzolini and Carvalho, 1991) and G. from 38 localities. It soon became evident 536 HERPETOLOGICA [Vol. 52, No. 4 that two different species were included under the name M. maximiliani, with one of them being undescribed. MATERIALS AND METHODS All data were taken from preserved specimens from the following institutions: MZUSP,Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo; MPEG, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi; MNRJ, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro;ZUEC, Museu de Historia A Natural, Universidadede Campinas;UFC, Universidade Federal do Ceara; UNB, Universidade de Brasilia; SMF, Sencken- berg Museum, Frankfurt.Scale nomencla- ture and scale counts were taken according to Rodrigues (1991c). Snout-vent length (SVL) was measured to the nearest milli- meter with a ruler. Micrablepharus atticolus, sp. nov. B Holotype.-MZUSP 69.671 (Fig. 1), an adult female from Alto Araguaia (Fazenda Balsamo): Mato Grosso: Brazil, collected by Laurie Vitt on 23 April 1989. Paratypes.-MZUSP 69.672-69.675, all with the same data as holotype. Diagnosis.-Micrablepharus atticolus is distinguished from M. maximiliani (condition in parentheses)by the following characters:(1) fourth supralabialunder the eye (fifth); (2) femoral pores present in both sexes, eight in males, 5-7 in females (10-15, males only); and (3) a pair of lat- eral and dorsolateral, longitudinal, white stripes on the body (lateral pair absent). 5mm Description.-Rostral distinctly visible from above, wider than high; in broad con- FIG. 1.-Micrablepharus atticolus, MZUSP69.671 (holotype). (A) Dorsal, (B) lateral, and (C) ventral tact with internasal, nasal, and first supra- views of the head. labial. Internasalpolygonal; as wide as long; contacting loreal, superciliar, supraocular, and frontal. Prefrontals absent. Frontal longer than wide, widest anteriorly. Fron- Parietals two, symmetrical; longer than toparietalstwo, small; with a short median wide; smaller than interparietal. suture; longer than wide. Interparietal Nasal pentagonal or subrectangular;en- hexagonal, longer than wide; occasionally tire or semidivided; longer than high; nos- with rounded posterior border. Supraocu- tril in center of scale. Loreal small, square; lars two; most anterior at least twice as infradiagonally followed by smaller fren- large as posteriorand reaching posteriorly ocular. Supralabials seven; fourth under to midlevel of diameter of eye. Most pos- eye; the fifth highest. Subocularlong, nar- terior supraocularmuch smaller and wider row; between frenocular and small post- than frontoparietal.Superciliaries two; first ocular located above the fifth labial. Tem- twice as long as second; highest anteriorly. poral scales smooth, cycloid; with sensorial December 1996] HERPETOLOGICA 537 pits. Eye large; pupil round. Series of small covers the ear; between these two light circumorbitalgranules present around eye. stripes, a larger black stripe with scattered Eyelid transparent immovable; eyelid su- light spots. Hind limb brown with scat- ture complete; hidden by superciliaries. tered, irregular light spots and light stripe Symphysial broad, longer than high; on posteriorpart of thigh; Venter of thigh convex anteriorly, concave posteriorly. immaculate white. Postsymphysial almost as long as wide. Etymology.-The epithet specific is an Three pairs of genials in contact at midline adjective that alludes to the nests of the with asymmetrical zig-zag suture;anterior leaf-cutter ants (Atta laevigata) where pair smallest, posteriorlargest. Infralabials these lizards seek refuge and frequently seven. Gularsenlarged, smooth, imbricate; are found. in seven longitudinal and 9-12 transverse Variation.-Although one of the more rows. Interbrachials seven, central one distinctive features of Micrablepharus is largest.Collar absent. Lateral scales on neck the absence of prefrontals, UNB 1083 has smooth, cycloid, imbricate, as temporals. a definite left prefrontal and UNB 1399 Dorsals smooth, cycloid, imbricate, iden- has a distinct prefrontalon the right. These tical to ventrals; 16 rows at midbody. aberrancies suggest that the prefrontals Transverse dorsal scale rows 31-34 from might have fused to form the large inter- interparietalto posteriorlevel of hind limb. nasal characteristic of Micrablepharus. Ventrals in 20-26 rows from interbrachial Remarks.-The first reference to Mi- row to anal border. Preanal scales four; crablepharusmaximiliani in the literature median pair of scales largest. Tail com- was a misidentificationby Wied-Neuwied plete about 1.6 times SVL. Scales on un- (1825), who reporteda specimen from Mu- regenerated part of tail smooth, imbricate, curi, Bahia, Brasil identified as Gymnoph- cycloid; scales on regenerated part of the thalmus quadrilineatus. This name, which tail narrower,longer, distinctly
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