Rediscovery of the Honduran endemic Diploglossus scansorius (Squamata: Diploglossidae), with description of the frst known juvenile specimen from a new locality in north-central Honduras
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: McCranie and Wilson described the lizard Diploglossus (= Celestus) scansorius (McCranie and Wilson, 1996) (Squamata: Diploglossidae) based on two adult females collected nearly a decade apart.The paratype, collected in 1983, initially was assigned to Celestus bivittatus, but after a second specimen (the holotype) was collected in 1993, these specimens were described as a new taxon based on ventral coloration and the number of fourth-toe and third finger lamellae (McCranie and Wilson 1996).The type series, collected from two isolated localities at 1550 and 1590 m a.s.l.
Authors: Erich P. Hofmann, Luis Herrera-B., Emmanuel O. Murillo, Jocelyn A. Castro, Andrew J. Mason, Christopher L. Parkinson, Josiah H. Townsend
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Awards: Collaborative Research: Dimensions US-BIOTA-Sao Paulo: Scales of biodiversity - Integrated studies of snake venom evolution and function across multiple levels of diversity, Collaborative Research: Dimensions US-BIOTA-Sao Paulo: Scales of biodiversity - Integrated studies of snake venom evolution and function across multiple levels of diversity
OpenAlex ID: W2998640181