Neusticurus ecpleopus, Cope, 1876

Bell, C. J., Evans, S. E. & Maisano, J. A., 2003, The skull of the gymnophthalmid lizard Neusticurus ecpleopus (Reptilia: Squamata), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 (2), pp. 283-304 : 304

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00077.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491072

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7055ED45-FFEE-FE5C-FF47-FB07FCEBAC15

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Carolina

scientific name

Neusticurus ecpleopus
status

 

NEUSTICURUS ECPLEOPUS SPECIMENS EXAMINED

Dry skulls. Collected in Peru (mostly in the Rio Cenepa area, except as indicated); measurements are from tip of premaxilla to posterior edge of supraoccipital: MVZ 163395, 11.7 mm; MVZ 163397, 12 mm; MVZ 163389, 12.1 mm; MVZ 174957, 12.2 mm (Rio Santiago); MVZ 163390, 12.3 mm; MVZ 174956, 13.5 mm (Rio Santiago); MVZ 163400, 14 mm; MVZ 163388, 14.5 mm; MVZ 163395, 15.1 mm; MVZ 163410, 16.1 mm; and MVZ 163394, disarticulated.

Cleared and double-stained specimens. Specimen SVLs are followed by sex, where known, and percentage maximum size based on that reported for each sex by Sherbrooke (1975) (average of male and female maximum sizes used to calculate percentage in specimens where sex is unknown): KU 48246 , 22.4 mm SVL (33%), Napo, Ecuador ; USNM 316870 About USNM , 22.9 mm SVL (34%), Amazonas , Peru ; KU 109803, 23.6 mm SVL (35%), Napo, Ecuador ; MVZ 163166 About MVZ , 23.6 mm SVL (35%), Peru ; KU 148251, 25.8 mm SVL (male, 36%), Napo, Ecuador ; MVZ 174949 About MVZ , 26.7 mm SVL (40%), Peru ; KU 109781, 27.3 mm SVL (male, 38%), Napo, Ecuador ; MVZ 174920 About MVZ , 28.7 mm SVL (female, 46%), Peru ; KU 109809, 28.9 mm SVL (female, 47%), Napo, Ecuador ; MVZ 174928 About MVZ , 30.5 mm SVL (female, 49%), Peru ; MVZ 174905 About MVZ , 31.8 mm SVL (female, 51%), Peru ; KU 109789, 32.9 mm SVL (female, 53%), Napo, Ecuador ; MVZ 163147 About MVZ , 34.3 mm SVL (male, 48%), Peru ; MVZ 174901 About MVZ , 37.9 mm SVL (57%), Peru ; MVZ 174899 About MVZ , 39 About MVZ mm SVL (female, 63%), Amazonas , Peru ; MVZ 163185 About MVZ , 40.7 mm SVL (female, 66%), Peru ; MVZ 174953 About MVZ , 45.2 mm SVL (male, 63%), Amazonas , Peru ; MVZ 174896 About MVZ , 47.6 mm SVL (female, 77%), Peru ; MVZ 163187 About MVZ , 51.1 mm SVL (male, 71%), Amazonas , Peru ; MVZ 163145 About MVZ , 55.6 mm SVL (male, 77%), Amazonas , Peru ; MVZ 163202 About MVZ , 59.1 mm SVL (female, 95%), Peru ; MVZ 174891 About MVZ , 63.2 mm SVL (male, 88%), Amazonas , Peru .

KU

Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Gymnophthalmidae

Genus

Neusticurus

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