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Catalog of recent Species

Harold F De Lisle

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FamilyAlopoglossidae

A CATALOG OF RECENT SPECIES

Harold F De Lisle

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FamilyAlopoglossidae

Alopoglossidae is a family of lizards. The family is endemic to Central America and tropical South America. The family Alopoglossidae was split from the family Gymnophthalmidae in 2016. The are commonly called largescale and shade lizards. There are two genera – Alopoglossus and Ptychoglossus. They are usually restricted to forested habitats.

This Catalog is an attempt to summarize the genus and species taxonomic names of extant and recently extinct cordylid lizards. Several species concepts have been applied to these lizards, and changes in the species level taxonomy have been proposed and many more are to be expected for that reason alone. The systematic arrangement of the catalog is intuitive once a few principles are stated. Subspecific entries for each species are indented. Dates in brackets indicate that these have been subsequently determined from sources external to the original document.

Misspellings are generally excluded except where they have been widely used or misinterpreted. Junior subjective synonyms are listed under each valid name. In order to enhance the usefulness of the present list, the type species of each genus has been added keeping in mind the famous quote of Harold Cogger, "Taxonomy is a matter of opinion" (Golay et al., 1993) based, of course, on the evaluation of the best evidence. The taxonomy used herein is my evaluation and we accept full responsibility for its use. We have deliberately omitted most lapsus calami, nomina nuda, nomina dubia, nomina oblita, nomina substituta, etc., from the synonymy because these names are not available for use. The synonymy herein is limited to new descriptions. Entries for species consist of species or subspecies name, genus, author, year of description, publication page, type locality, location of primary (name-bearing) type specimen(s), if known, and known distribution. Type localities are those in the original description, except those in obvious error or those amended subsequently by authoritative sources. Acronyms of type collections employed in the catalogue follow those used by American Museum of Natural History.

Abbreviations of museums holding the types are as follows

AMNH - American Museum of Natural History, Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Herpetology), 79th Street and Central Park West, New York, New York 10024, USA. ANSP - Academy of Natural Sciences, Department of Herpetology, 19th and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, USA BMNH(NHMUK) – The Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom CHUN - Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil, Brasilia, Federal District, 70910-900, Brazil FMNH - Field Museum, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA ICN - Museo de Historia Natural, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia INPA - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil Av. André Araújo, 2.936 - Petrópolis - CEP 69067-375 - Manaus KU - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History, Division of Herpetology, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA MLS - Museo de Historia Natural de La Salle, Carrera 2 # 10-70, Edificio Museo de la Salle, Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia MCZ - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA MPEG - Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Caixa Postal 3999, 66.040 Belém, Brazil MSNTO - Museo Storia Naturale di Torino, Via Giovanni Giolitti, 36, 10123 Torino, Italy MZM - Moravian Museum, Zelný trh 6, Brno, Czech Republic NHMB - Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, 4051 Basel, Switzerland RMNH - Naturalis (Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum; formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie), Postbus 9517, 2300RA Leiden, The Netherlands QCAZ - Museo de Zoología, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador UMMZ - University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, USA

Alopoglossidae Goicoechea, Frost, De la Riva, Pellegrino, Sites, Rodrigues & Padial, 2016 Goicoechea, N., D.R. Frost, I. De la Riva, K.C.M. Pellegrino, J. Sites, M.R. Rodrigues, J.M. Padial. 2016. Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment. Cladistics 32 (6): 624-671.

Alopoglossus Boulenger, 1885. Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Alopoglossus, new genus, p. 383). Type species: Alopoglossus copii Boulenger, 1885

Alopoglossus angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lacerta angulata Linnaeus, 1758: 204 Synonyms: Alopoglossus copii surinamensis Brongersma, 1946: 231 Type locality: forest on the Lucie River, Suriname Holotype: RMHN 4858 Type locality: Brown’s Mountain, Suriname Neotype: RMHN 15200 M Teixera Junior Distribution: eastern Amazonia (east of the Negro and Madeira rivers) in Brazil, states of Amapá, Pará and Amazonas); Suriname; Guyana; French Guiana

Alopoglossus amazonius Ruthven, 1924 Alopoglossus amazonius Ruthven, 1924: 1 Type locality: Villa Murinho, Mata Grosso (=Rondónia), Brazil Holotype: UMMZ 56853 Distribution: Brazil: State of Rondônia, southwestern Amazonia (upper Madeira river basin, south of the Amazon River)

Alopoglossus andeanus Ruibal, 1952 Alopoglossus andeanus Ruibal, 1952: 510 Type locality: La Pampa (13°39′S, 69°36′W), Departamento Puno, Peru Holotype: MCZ 45590 Distribution: Peru: southwesternmost Amazonia (on Madre de Dios upper river basin), Madre de Dios and Puno departments

Alopoglossus atriventris Duellman, 1973 Alopoglossus atriventris Duellman, 1973: 228 Type locality: Lago Agrio, Napo Province, Ecuador Holotype: KU 126783 Distribution: Brazil: western Amazonas, Acre; Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia

Alopoglossus avilapiresae Ribeiro-Júnior, Choueri, Lobos, Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Werneck, 2020 Alopoglossus avilapiresae Ribeiro-Júnior, Choueri, Lobos, Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Werneck, 2020: 23 Type locality: Brazil, State of Amazonas, Maraã municipality, Amanã, Baré (2°28′54.95″S, 4°42′36.98″W) Holotype: INPA-H 9515 Distribution: western Amazonia (west of the Negro and Madeira rivers, on both sides of the Amazon River): Colombia (Department of Amazonas); Peru (Departments of Cusco, Huánuco, Junín, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Puno and San Martín); Brazil (States of Amazonas and Acre)

Alopoglossus buckleyi (O’Shaughnessy, 1881) Leposoma buckleyi O’Shaughnessy, 1881: 233 Type locality: Canelos, Ecuador Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.66 Distribution: Brazil: Amazonas, Acre States: eastern Ecuador; Colombia: Amazonas; eastern Peru: Loreto Region

Alopoglossus carinicaudatum (Cope, 1876) Leposoma carinicaudatum Cope, 1876: 160 Type locality: . Santa Rosa de Otas, Department of Napo, Ecuador (upper Napo River) (0°58′41.2″S, 77°27′4.4″W) Holotype: ANSP 11371 Distribution: westernmost Amazonia, in the upper Napo river basin, occurring in northeastern Ecuador (Departments of Napo, Pastaza, Orellana and Sucumbíos); and northernmost Peru (Department of Loreto)

Alopoglossus collii Ribeiro-Júnior, Choueri, Lobos, Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Werneck, 2020 Alopoglossus collii Ribeiro-Júnior, Choueri, Lobos, Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Werneck, 2020: 31 Type locality: Brazil, State of Rondônia, Pimenta Bueno (11°51′45.2″S, 60°56′18 ″W) Holotype: CHUN B 18038 Distribution: southern Amazonia, in a region at the transition with the Cerrado, occurring only in Brazil (States of Mato Grosso and Rondônia)

Alopoglossus copii Boulenger, 1885 Alopoglossus copii Boulenger, 1885: 383 Type locality: Canelos and Pallatanga, Ecuador Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.31.58-59, 1946.9.8.17-18 Distribution: Colombia: Amazonas; northern Peru; Ecuador

Alopoglossus embera Peloso & Morales, 2017 Alopoglossus embera Peloso & Morales, 2017: 90 Type locality: Quebrada Guanguí, upper Río Saija drainage, Departamento del Cauca, Colombia Holotype: AMNH R 109682 Distribution: Colombia: Cauca, Valle del Cauca Depts

Alopoglossus festae Peracca, 1904 Alopoglossus festae Peracca, 1904: 7 Type locality: Vinces, Ecuador Holotype: MSNTO R229 Distribution: Pacific slopes of Ecuador and SW Colombia (Valle del Cauca)

Alopoglossus lehmanni Ayala & Harris, 1984 Alopoglossus lehmanni Ayala & Harris, 1984: 154 Type locality: Colombia, Valle del Cauca, road from Buenaventura to San Isidro, km 22 Holotype: FMNH 165199 Distribution: Colombia: Valle del Cauca Dept

Alopoglossus meloi Ribeiro-Júnior, 2018

Alopoglossus meloi Ribeiro-Júnior, 2018: 26 Type locality: Porto Trombetas, Aramã Plateau (1°52'25"S, 56°24'55"W), Terra Santa municipality, State of Pará, Brazil Holotype: MPEG 24372 Distribution: Brazil: Pará State MA Ribeiro-Júnior

Alopoglossus theodorusi Ribeiro-Júnior, Meiri, Fouquet, 2020 Alopoglossus theodorusi Ribeiro-Júnior, Meiri, Fouquet, 2020

: 430 Type locality: Saut Maripa (3848040.170ᵒN, 51853022.720 (3848040.170 ᵒN, 51853022.72ᵒW), St. Georges, French Guiana Holotype: MNHN-RA-2020.0019 Distribution: French Guiana; Amapa state, Brazil

Alopoglossus viridiceps Torres-Carvajal & Lobos, 2014 Alopoglossus viridiceps Torres-Carvajal & Lobos, 2014: 109 Type locality: Nanegal, Santa Lucia Cloud Forest Reserve, (0.113528°N; 78.6135°W), Provincia Pichincha, Ecuador Holotype: QCAZ 10670 Distribution: Pacific slopes of the Andes in northwestern Ecuador A Kay

Ptychoglossus Boulenger, 1890 Boulenger, G.A. 1890. First Report on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the British Museum (Natural History). Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London. 1890: 77-86 + Plates VIII-XI. (Ptychoglossus, new genus, p. 83). Type species: Ptychoglossus bilineatus Boulenger, 1890

Ptychoglossus bicolor (Werner, 1916) Gonioptychus bicolor Werner 1916: 306 Type locality: Cañon del Tolima, Colombia Holotype: MZM, not located Distribution: Colombia: upper Magdalena Valley

Ptychoglossus bilineatus Boulenger, 1890 Ptychoglossus bilineatus Boulenger, 1890: 84 Type locality: Ecuador Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.2.38 Distribution: Ecuador, Colombia

Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis Boulenger, 1912

Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis Boulenger, 1912: 421 Synonym: Anadia nicefori Loveridge, 1929: 99 Type locality: Río Garagoa at Macanal, eastern Andes, Dept. of Boyacá, Colombia Holotype: MCZ 27340 Type locality: El Topo, Río Pastaza, Ecuador. Distribution: Ecuador; Peru: Ucayali; Bolivia: Cochabamba; Brazil: Rondonia, Pará, Acre, Amazonas States; Colombia: Vaupes; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname J&S Souza

Ptychoglossus danieli Harris, 1994 Ptychoglossus danieli Harris, 1994:239 Type locality: Heliconia, Antioquia Dept., Colombia Holotype: MLS 2000 Distribution: Colombia: AntioquiaDept., northern Central Cordillera of the Andes

Ptychoglossus eurylepis Harris & Rueda, 1985 Ptychoglossus eurylepis Harris & Rueda, 1985: 2 Type locality: wet forest region, 32 km by road NNW of Uribe, Cauca, Colombia. Holotype: ICN 4460 Distribution: southwestern Colombia, Cordillera Occidental of the Andes

Ptychoglossus festae (Peracca, 1896) Diastemalepis festae Peracca, 1896: 2 Type locality: Río Cianati, Darién, Panama Holotype: MSNTO R228 Distribution: northern Colombia; eastern Panama

Ptychoglossus gorgonae Harris, 1994 Ptychoglossus gorgonae Harris, 1994: 244 Type locality: Isla Gorgona (78° 09’ W, 03° 00’ N), Cauca, Colombia Holotype: ICN 5644 Distribution: Colombia: Isla Gorgona & Isla Gorgonilla

Ptychoglossus grandisquamatus Rueda, 1985 Ptychoglossus grandisquamatus Rueda, 1985: 2 Type locality: INGEOMINAS camp, Rio Amparradó, Municipality of Dabeiba, Antioquia, Colombia Holotype: ICN 5937 Distribution: northwestern Colombia: north end of the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes

Ptychoglossus kugleri Roux, 1927 Ptychoglossus kugleri Roux, 1927: 256 Type locality: El Mene, Estado Falcón, Venezuela Holotype: NHMB 9230 Distribution: northwestern Venezuela: Cordillera de la Costa , Falcon, Aragua, Carabobo States

Ptychoglossus myersi Harris, 1994 Ptychoglossus myersi Harris, 1994: 250 Type locality: cloud forest on the southeastern slope of Cerro Pirre, Serranía de Pirre, Darién Province, Panama. Holotype: KU 96913 Distribution: southern Panama; northern Colombia; northwestern Venezuela:Falcon, Aragua states M Guerra

Ptychoglossus plicatus (Taylor, 1949) Alopoglossus plicatus Taylor, 1949:271 Type locality: Morehouse Finca, 5 mi southwest of Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica Holotype: KU 23800 Distribution: Costa Rica: Limón Province; Panama: Serranía del Darién; Colombia: Serranía del Baudó

Ptychoglossus romaleos Harris, 1994 Ptychoglossus romaleos Harris, 1994: 259 Type locality: forest edge at 1800-2000 m elevation on the crest of Cuchilla Hierbabuena in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, four airline km SSE of San Pedro de la Sierra, Magdalena, Colombia Holotype: ICN 5639 Distribution: Colombia: western slope Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Ptychoglossus stenolepis (Boulenger, 1908) Euspondylus stenolepis Boulenger, 1908: 519 Type locality: Cerro San Antonio, Cordillera Occidental, 1750 - 1900 m elevation, near Cali, Dept of Valle del Cauca, Colombia Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.2.39 Distribution: Colombia: central Cordillera Occidental of the Andes

Ptychoglossus vallensis Harris, 1994 Ptychoglossus vallensis Harris, 1994: 263 Type locality: between a small stream and base of a cliff, 2.5 km above La Voragin (a recreation center on the road between Cali and Pance, 1400 m elevation), Rio Pance, Municipality of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia Holotype: ICN 5652 Distribution: Colombia: Valle del Cauca, Upper Cauca River drainage

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TAXON INDEX

A amazonius (see Alopoglossus) angulatus (see Alopoglossus) atriventris (see Alopoglossus) avilapiresae (see Alopoglossus)

B bicolor (see Ptychoglossus) bilineatus (see Ptychoglossus) brevifrontalis (see Ptychoglossus) buckleyi (see Alopoglossus)

C collii (see Alopoglossus) copii (see Alopoglossus)

D danieli (see Ptychoglossus)

E embera (see Alopoglossus) eurylepis (see Ptychoglossus) F festae (see Alopoglossus) festae (see Ptychoglossus) G gorgonae (see Ptychoglossus) grandisquamatus (see Ptychoglossus)

K kugleri (see Ptychoglossus) L lehmanni (see Alopoglossus)

M meloi (see Alopoglossus) myersi (see Ptychoglossus)

P plicatus (see Ptychoglossus) Q

R romaleos (see Ptychoglossus) S stenolepis (see Ptychoglossus) T theodorusi (see Alopoglossus)

U V vallensis (see Ptychoglossus) viridiceps (see Alopoglossus)