A New Subspecies of Lizard, Cnemidophorus sacki, from Michoacán, MéxicoDuellman, William Edward
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A New Subspecies of Lizard, Cnemidophorus sacki, from Michoacán, México
Duellman, William Edward
Lizards
_Holotype._--University of Michigan Museum of Zoology No. 119542, from
Capirio, Michoacán, México (185 meters), an adult male, one of a
series collected on June 13, 1958, by William E. Duellman, Jerome B.
Tulecke, and John Wellman. Original number WED 12310.
_Paratopotypes._--UMMZ Nos. 119536-119541 and 119543-119550.
_Diagnosis._--A race of _Cnemidophorus sacki_ characterized by large
size (more than 130 mm. snout-vent length in males), approximately 106
dorsal granules around the midbody, about 41 femoral pores, and a
dorsal color-pattern in adult males consisting of lateral and
dorsolateral rows of spots, paravertebral rows fused with middorsal
light green area at least anteriorly, and pink throat having a median
light blue spot or transverse band.
_Description of Holotype._--Snout-vent length, 128 mm.; tail length,
252 mm.; tail/body ratio, 1.97; scutellation typical of _sacki_--four
supraoculars, enlarged postantebrachials, and enlarged mesoptychials;
107 granules around midbody (excluding enlarged ventrals); 45 femoral
pores; three enlarged preanal scales; supraorbital semicircle-series
extending anteriorly to posterior edge of frontal (Fig. 1).
[Illustration: Top View Head - Cnemidophorus sacki zweifeli]
~Fig. 1.~ Top view of the head of the holotype of _Cnemidophorus sacki
zweifeli_ (UMMZ 119542) showing scutellation. ×5.
Top of head and nape dusty brown; tip of rostral and lateral edges of
superciliaries dark cream-color; upper labials and sides of head
anterior to eyes cream-color, mottled with blue; lower labials and
postocular region pale blue; mental, postmental, and sublabials
cream-color. Upper surfaces of forelimbs dull bluish gray, spotted
with pale greenish yellow; dorsal surfaces of proximal one-fourth of
tail light brownish gray turning to pale orange-brown posteriorly;
lateral surfaces of tail bluish gray anteriorly and creamy brown
posteriorly. Nuchal region light bluish gray; flanks dark gray; dorsal
ground-color dark brown, somewhat paler posteriorly. Body having a row
of cream-colored spots in place of a lateral stripe, and another row
in place of dorsolateral stripe; dorsally, large diffuse tan or light
green spots partially fused and tending to form irregular transverse
markings. Chin to posterior end of sublabials pale pink, bordered
posteriorly by bluish white area, and then pink. Mesoptychials, under
surfaces of hind limbs, and belly cream-colored; anterior edges of
belly scales dark blue; lateral two rows of ventrals on posterior
two-thirds of body dark blue having light blue or cream-colored spots.
Under surfaces of forelimbs bluish cream; ventral surface of tail
cream-colored.
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