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Species.—
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Bocourt
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by monotypy.
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Diagnosis.—
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differs from all other
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in having a cluster of 5–6 preanal spurs on either side of the vent in males. Unlike mainland
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(characters in parentheses),
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has ventrals in 8 longitudinal rows at midbody (10), large triangular scales on the dorsal surface of the brachium (granular), and three relatively large subequal scales at the heel (scales at heel small and numerous). Unlike
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,
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also has five parietals (three, except in the
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Group where the parietals are heavily and irregularly fractured), a rostral groove (absent except in
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), homogeneous subdigital lamellae on the hands (subarticular lamellae swollen), and smooth distal lamellae of the fourth toe (sharply keeled).
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lacks postanal plates and a dorsolateral row of serrated caudals (both present in
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).
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<emphasis id="B94BEABFFF3AFF33FF40267D7B1FF8BF" box="[199,319,1861,1885]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Content.—</emphasis>
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(Bocourt)
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.
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.—Small lizards reaching
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SVL; tail about 2.2X as long as body; posterior maxillary and dentary teeth longitudinally compressed, tricuspid; pupil reniform.
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Prefrontal separated from nasal, in contact with first supraciliary; frontal entire, lacking longitudinal ridge, its posterior suture contacting second or third supraocular or suture between them; scales of frontoparietal region smooth, outwardly convex to flat; frontoparietals fused (70%
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= 10) or paired (30%); parietals consisting of five regular scales; interparietal entire, smaller to larger than flanking parietals; medial pair of enlarged occipitals absent; occipitals 13–17, usually (90%,
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= 10) larger than first row of dorsals; supratemporals slightly to moderately enlarged, in contact with or separated from parietals by one or more scales.
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Adult male
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from Parque Nacional Machililla, Manabí, Ecuador (A, photo by M. B. Harvey) and adult female from Olmos, Lambayeque, Peru (B, photo by P. Venegas), illustrating marked sexual dichromatism in this species.
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Rostral groove present; nostril oval and oriented anteroventrally, usually (70%,
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= 10) mostly anterior to but in contact with nasal suture, less frequently centered in (20%) or somewhat posterior to suture (10%); loreal single; supraoculars 6 (60%,
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= 10) or 8 (40%); first supraocular entire, larger than fourth supraocular, and broadly contacting second supraocular; circumorbital semicircles consisting of 2–7 small scales, extending anteriorly to position medial to third supraocular, usually slightly beyond suture between third and fourth supraoculars; supraciliaries 12–15, separated from supraoculars by single row of 19–32 granular scales; first and second supraciliaries small, third (infrequently fourth) elongate; angulate keel extending from first subocular to elongate subocular below eye; suboculars four (rarely 5); first subocular entire, usually (70%,
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= 10) contacting first supraciliary, contacting supralabials (50%,
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= 10) or separated from supralabials by anterior expansion of second subocular; patch of distinctly enlarged scales in front of auditory meatus; auricular flap and preauricular fold absent.
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Prefemorals 5–7; femoral and abdominal pores
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continuous row on each side (abdominal pores not separated from femoral pores by gap); each compound pore-bearing scale consisting of partially fused prefemoral or abdominal scale and 2–6 granular scales; 2–4 scales separating right and left pore rows; three relatively large, subequal scales at heel; tibiotarsal shields and spurs absent; lamellae under fourth toe 24–29; distal lamellae of fourth toe smooth; scales between subdigital and supradigital lamellae of toes small and mostly restricted to phalangeal articulations; noticeably enlarged postaxial scales between fourth and fifth toe absent; fifth toe welldeveloped, base of its claw extending beyond level of skin between third and fourth toes when adpressed.
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<paragraph id="8B8036ADFF38FF31FF4020107EADFE86" blockId="130.[151,1436,151,860]" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">β- keratin containing layers of dorsal scales folded into macrohoneycomb; dorsal and caudal scales with one subterminal lenticular scale organ; ventrals lacking scale organs; generation glands absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036ADFF38FF31FF40205778C0FDBD" blockId="130.[151,1436,151,860]" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">Snout same color as dorsal head scales. In juveniles, light vertebral stripe solid and straight; light paravertebral stripes broken into blotches (sometimes rather inconspicuous); dark dorsolateral field absent; dorsolateral light stripe solid and extending to tail; dark lateral field solid (adult males often with bright green spots within lateral field); upper and lower lateral light stripes broken and extending to groin, sometimes upper stripe mostly solid but always broken at some points along length; thigh lacking light spots. In adult males, flanks lacking light spots or ocelli; turquoise ventrolateral spots absent; venter immaculate, lacking melanic areas; juvenile dorsal color pattern present in adult males with only slight modification.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8036ADFF38FF31FF402354790CFD2E" blockId="130.[151,1436,151,860]" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">Hemipenis with pair of taβ- like and smooth apical awns; apical papillae and apical basin absent; asulcate expansion pleat well-developed, interrupting about 14 distal laminae; discontinuous distal laminae absent; about 2 laminae proximal to expansion pleat; basal papillae absent.</paragraph>
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Etymology.—
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is a masculine noun in the nominative singular derived from the Greek noun
<emphasis id="B94BEABFFF38FF31FAD423E07FBCFD12" box="[1363,1436,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">medea</emphasis>
meaning genitalia and
<emphasis id="B94BEABFFF38FF31FE1323C47BF5FCF6" box="[404,469,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">pheos</emphasis>
, a term used to refer to certain spiny plants. The name alludes to the distinctive cluster of 5–6 preanal spurs on either side of the vent of males.
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Distribution.—
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occurs west of the Andes in
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and
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.
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