Tapaya orbicularis longicaudatus Dugès, 1888

Flores-Villela, Oscar, Ríos-Muñoz, César A., Magaña-Cota, Gloria E. & Quezadas-Tapia, Néstor L., 2016, Alfredo Dugès’ type specimens of amphibians and reptiles revisited, Zootaxa 4092 (1) : 40

Tapaya orbicularis longicaudatus Dugès, 1888 b

Dugès’ original description (Dugès 1888b) apparently was based on a single specimen. Smith & Necker (1943) reported that they found the type and gave a detailed description and measurements. In the series of Phrynosoma orbicularis specimens in the MADUG, one bears the locality “ Mexico ” and is labeled as Tapaya orbicularis and it broadly coincides with Smith & Necker’s (1943) description and measurements (HE 422, Fig. 6A ). This specimen should be considered the holotype.

Current valid name: Phrynosoma o. orbiculare (Linnaeus, 1758).

Figures

FIGURE 6. A, Holotype of Tapaya orbicularis longicaudatus (HE 422); B, Holotype of Eumeces altamirani (HE 397); C, Holotype of Eumeces rovirosae (HE 189); D, Holotype of Erythrolamprus grammophrys (HE 112).