Pholidobolus Peters
Creators
- 1. División de Herpetología-Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI), Santa Rita N ˚ 105 36 Of. 202, Urb. Huertos de San Antonio, Surco, Lima, PERÚ
- 2. Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BRAZIL & División de Herpetología-Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad (CORBIDI), Santa Rita N ˚ 105 36 Of. 202, Urb. Huertos de San Antonio, Surco, Lima, PERÚ
- 3. Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Avenida 12 de Octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17 - 01 - 2184, Quito, ECUADOR
- 4. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, s / n. Cidade Universitária CEP 50670 - 901, Recife, PE, BRAZIL
Description
Key to species of Pholidobolus
1a. Loreal scale usually present and frequently in contact with supralabials; dorsals striated; conspicuous light vertebral stripe absent…………..…………..…………..………………………………..…………..…………..………….. 2
1b. Loreal scale present, not in contact with supralabials; dorsals keeled; conspicuous light vertebral stripe present…… 5
2a. Prefrontal scales present…………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
2b. Prefrontal scales absent…………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
3a. Ocelli on flanks present, supraoculars three……………………………………………………………… P. affinis
3b. Ocelli on flanks absent, supraoculars two…………………………………………………………… P. prefrontalis
4a. Sexual dimorphism strong, with males having distinctly broader heads and colorful flanks (red stripes and white flecks)……………………………………………………………………………………………………. P. macbrydei *
4b. Sexual dimorphism not very marked, with males having slightly broader heads and inconspicuously colored flanks (different tones of brown stripes)…………………………………………………………………………… P. montium
5a. Prefrontal scales absent…………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
5b. Prefrontal scales present…………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
6a. Diagonal white bar along rictal region, extending from the posteriormost infralabial to the proximal pregular… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… P. ulisesi
6b. Diagonal white bar in the rictal region absent………………………………………………………………… P. sp.
7a. Vertebral stripe bifurcates anteriorly at midbody…………………………………………………………. P. dicrus
7b. Vertebral stripe straight, not bifurcated………………..…………………………………………………………… 8
8a. Diagonal white bar in the rictal region, extending from the proximal pregular to the forelimb……….. P. hillisi
8b. Diagonal white bar in the rictal region absent…………………………………………………….... P. vertebralis
*We observed some specimens of Pholidobolus macbrydei with small loreal scales, not contacting supralabials, as well as specimens lacking a loreal scale.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.11376950 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFBC9414F367FE19FF9CFFF7FFF9ED07 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/0385EC6CF36FFE11FDBAFF66FEA4E980 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231572810 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/297403/taxon/0385EC6CF36FFE11FDBAFF66FEA4E980.taxon (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Pholidobolus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Peters
- Taxon rank
- genus