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̕̕;
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.—
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FCE9FF7A129EFF2F" box="[853,1196,190,214]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">Stenocercus nigromaculatus</emphasis>
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differs from all other species of
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FB95FF18129EFF0A" box="[1065,1196,220,243]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">Stenocercus</emphasis>
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except
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FCBFFF3D1552FEE8" box="[771,864,249,273]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. angel</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FCC9FF3D15E6FEE8" box="[885,980,249,273]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. chota</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FC55FF3D1278FEE8" box="[1001,1098,249,273]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. festae</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FB2AFF3D1524FED7" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. guentheri</emphasis>
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by having imbricate scales on posterior surface of thighs, smooth ventrals, a posthumeral mite pocket consisting of a shallow depression with a wide opening (more distinct in adult specimens), small scales on occipitoparietal region, and supraoculars of similar size. Of these species,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FB2AFE0C1565FE04" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. nigromaculatus</emphasis>
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is unique in having an antehumeral fold and black patches on the ventral surface of thighs in adult males. In addition,
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is smaller in size, with males reaching up to 77 mm SVL (
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FB9EFD9812B1FD8D" box="[1058,1155,604,628]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. angel</emphasis>
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= 87 mm,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FCAAFDBD154BFD68" box="[790,889,633,657]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. chota</emphasis>
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= 97 mm,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FBA1FDBD12B0FD68" box="[1053,1154,633,657]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. festae</emphasis>
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= 102 mm,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FCA5FD5315ADFD56" box="[793,927,663,687]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. guentheri</emphasis>
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= 96 mm) and females up to 64 mm SVL (
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FC3DFD7115E4FD35" box="[897,982,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. angel</emphasis>
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= 76 mm,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FBE9FD711299FD35" box="[1109,1195,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. chota</emphasis>
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= 65 mm,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FC95FD1615B1FD13" box="[809,899,722,746]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. festae</emphasis>
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= 79 mm,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FBBBFD1612BFFD13" box="[1031,1165,722,746]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">S. guentheri</emphasis>
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= 73 mm).
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.—(1) Maximum SVL in males 77 mm (
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= 16); (2) maximum SVL in females 64 mm (
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF85FFA9FCAFFC8E1513FC98" box="[787,801,842,865]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="137">n</emphasis>
= 19); (3) vertebrals 4360; (4) paravertebrals 5271; (5) scales around midbody 4560; (6) supraoculars 47; (7) internasals 24; (8) postrostrals 36; (9) loreals 24; (10) gulars 1824; (11) subdigitals on Finger IV 1420; (12) subdigitals on Toe IV 2231; (13) posthumeral mite pocket present as a shallow depression with a wide opening; (14) postfemoral mite pocket distinct with slit-like opening; (15) parietal eye always visible through interparietal cornea; (16) scales on occipitoparietal region small, keeled or multicarinate, imbricate; (17) projecting angulate temporals absent; (18) row of enlarged supraoculars occupying most of supraocular region absent; (19) scales on frontonasal region weakly imbricate anteriorly; (20) preauricular fringe present; (21) antehumeral fold present; (22) lateral and dorsal nuchals similar in size; (23) posterior gulars rhomboidal, smooth, imbricate, not notched; (24) lateral and dorsal body scales similar in size; (25) vertebrals larger than adjacent paravertebrals; (26) dorsolateral crest absent; (27) ventrals smooth, imbricate; (28) scales on posterior surfaces of thighs smooth or keeled, imbricate; (29) inguinal granular pocket absent; (30) inguinal groove absent; (31) preanals not projected; (32) tail not strongly compressed laterally in adult males; (33) tail length 6670% of total length; (34) caudal whorls per autotomic segment three; (35) caudals not spinose; (36) dark brown stripe extending anterodorsally from subocular region to supraciliaries absent; (37) dark patch extensively covering gular region of females absent; (38) dark patch extensively covering gular region of adult males absent; (39) black patch on ventral surface of neck in adult males absent; (40) dark midventral longitudinal mark such as faint line, conspicuous stripe, or extensive patch in 81% of adult males; (41) dark patches on ventral surface of thighs in 81% of adult males; (42) postxiphisternal inscriptional ribs not in contact midventrally, Patterns 1B, 2A, and 2B.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CE6B3687FF84FFA8FF29FD571754FBF2" blockId="63.[122,633,190,1388]" pageId="63" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF84FFA8FF29FD571703FD52" box="[149,305,659,683]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="138">Color in life</emphasis>
.—Dorsum greenish brown with one pair of light dorsolateral stripes that are more conspicuous in females (these stripes fade posterior to shoulder in males); longitudinal series of dark brown transverse bars over vertebral line (less conspicuous in females, usually as a series of spots); black vertical bar on shoulder in males; throat with indistinct pale brown mottling; venter yellowish or greenish, slightly iridescent; in males, black midventral stripe extending to ventral aspect of hind limbs; pink suffusion on ventral aspect of tail (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="86CE650CFF84FFA8FF29FBD5174FFB67" pageId="63" pageNumber="138" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="CE6B3687FF84FFA8FF29FBD5174FFB67" blockId="63.[122,633,190,1388]" pageId="63" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF84FFA8FF29FBD5177FFBD0" box="[149,333,1041,1065]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="138">Natural History</emphasis>
.—This species has been observed basking and foraging in rows of
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF84FFA8FFC6FB88168FFB9A" box="[122,189,1100,1123]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="138">Agave</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
plants and around bases of shrubs (
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), as well as in rock-walls or piles of rocks (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="86CE650CFF84FFA8FF29FB60176BFA95" pageId="63" pageNumber="138" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="CE6B3687FF84FFA8FF29FB60176BFA95" blockId="63.[122,633,190,1388]" pageId="63" pageNumber="138">
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF84FFA8FF29FB60172FFB45" box="[149,285,1188,1212]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="138">Distribution</emphasis>
.—
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF84FFA8FE82FB61144AFB45" box="[318,632,1188,1212]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="138">Stenocercus nigromaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs north of the western Cordillera of the central Andes in Peru between 6
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF84FFA8FD90FB1B1404FB0E" bold="true" box="[556,566,1247,1271]" pageId="63" pageNumber="138">°</emphasis>
S5
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF84FFA8FDDCFB1B1458FB0E" bold="true" box="[608,618,1247,1271]" pageId="63" pageNumber="138">°</emphasis>
S (
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). This species occurs in the valley of Río Huancabamba (Atlantic drainage) at elevations of 19002300 m in Departamento Piura (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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