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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFF50FEDE78BAFE8B" bold="true" box="[151,461,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Cnemidophorus ruatanus</emphasis>
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(
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,
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)
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<taxonomicName id="4C2FE9CA4F436B7FFF50FE6B7BA5FE62" authority="Barbour 1928: 60" authorityName="Barbour" authorityPageNumber="60" authorityYear="1928" box="[151,722,402,424]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cnemidophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="304" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="lemniscatus" subSpecies="ruatanus">
<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFF50FE6B7B60FE62" box="[151,535,402,424]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Cnemidophorus lemniscatus ruatanus</emphasis>
Barbour 1928: 60
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C2FE9CA4F436B7FFF50FE487BB9FE0D" authority="Burt 1931: 30" authorityName="Burt" authorityPageNumber="30" authorityYear="1931" box="[151,718,433,455]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cnemidophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="304" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="lemniscatus" subSpecies="lemniscatus">
<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFF50FE487B43FE0D" box="[151,564,433,455]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Cnemidophorus lemniscatus lemniscatus</emphasis>
: Burt 1931: 30
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(part).
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFF50FE2978C0FE2C" box="[151,439,464,486]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Cnemidophorus lemniscatus</emphasis>
: Echternacht 1968: 152
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(part).
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFF50FE177B60FDCF" box="[151,535,494,517]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Cnemidophorus lemniscatus ruatanus</emphasis>
: Wright 1993: 79
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C2FE9CA4F436B7FFF50FDF47B94FDE9" authority="Montgomery et al. 2007: 38" authorityName="Montgomery et al." authorityPageNumber="38" authorityYear="2007" box="[151,739,525,547]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Cnemidophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="304" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lemniscatus">
<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFF50FDF478C0FDE9" box="[151,439,525,547]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Cnemidophorus lemniscatus</emphasis>
: Montgomery
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2007: 38
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.
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFF50FDB67873FDA2" bold="true" box="[151,260,591,616]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">
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. MCZ 26759 from Coxen Hole,
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de Roatán, Islas de la Bahía,
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.
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFF00FD8D7885FD47" bold="true" box="[199,498,628,653]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Geographic distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFE3CFD8D7A6BFD46" box="[507,796,628,652]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Cnemidophorus ruatanus</emphasis>
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is known from
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de Roatán,
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de Utila, and Cayo Cochino Pequeño in the Islas de la Bahía,
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, and from the Río Motagua Valley and adjacent coastal plain of
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eastward across northern
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to extreme northeastern
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. This species is largely a coastal form on the mainland, but does penetrate inland along some river valleys (i.e., Río Motagua in
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into a tributary in adjacent Copán,
<collectingCountry id="F338D2D94F436B7FFE1CFCFD7B3CFCD7" box="[475,587,772,797]" name="Honduras" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Honduras</collectingCountry>
; Río Viejo in Atlántida,
<collectingCountry id="F338D2D94F436B7FFCA5FCFD7AA5FCD7" box="[866,978,772,797]" name="Honduras" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Honduras</collectingCountry>
;
<figureCitation id="13148ECC4F436B7FFC19FCFD7D53FCD6" box="[990,1060,772,797]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1931,1953]" captionTargetBox="[153,1433,1130,1908]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[153,1434,1129,1910]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Map showing the known localities (circles) for Cnemidophorus ruatanus com. nov. The squares represent localities from which tissue samples were also sequenced." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/222092/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). The record of this species from southeastern
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reported by Stafford &amp; Meyer (1999) might represent a recent range expansion, or an introduction as thought by Stafford
<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFDE1FCB47B29FCAE" box="[550,606,844,868]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">et al.</emphasis>
(2010).
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFF50F9E57865F9FB" bold="true" box="[151,274,1564,1586]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Adult male (FMNH 283564) of
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFD99F9E57A17F9F8" box="[606,864,1564,1586]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Cnemidophorus ruatanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFCA0F9E57AADF9FB" bold="true" box="[871,986,1564,1585]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A268F3204F436B7FFCA0F9E57AADF9FB" box="[871,986,1564,1585]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(SVL 76.6 mm).
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFF00F9A07836F9B8" bold="true" box="[199,321,1625,1650]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFE95F9A07B0DF9BB" box="[338,634,1625,1649]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Cnemidophorus ruatanus</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from other northern populations of the
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFA45F9A3786BF95F" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">C. lemniscatus</emphasis>
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species group as follows: from
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C. l.
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of Islas de Providencia and San Andrés,
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, by having a single and distinct vertebral stripe, 2732 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe, and 1417 subdigital lamellae on the fourth finger (versus vertebral stripe split, 3335 subdigital lamellae on the fourth toe, and 1719 subdigital lamellae on the fourth finger in
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C. l.
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); from
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F436B7FFC8BF9137ABEF8CB" box="[844,969,1769,1793]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">C. l. gaigei</emphasis>
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in having
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31, 10 in 5, or
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19 scales surrounding the three enlarged precloacal plates, and in those having only 9 scales the precloacal pair are completely separated by a single scale (
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) in 15 or separated by distance of one-third to over one-half in 4 (versus 910 scales surrounding the three enlarged precloacal plates in all eight examined and the precloacal pair in broad contact, without a smaller interscale in 6 (
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B) and a small interscale not separating precloacal pair by more than one-third in
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[see Discussion below]). Burt (1931) synonymized
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with
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, but the latter differs most notably from
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in having a split or divided vertebral stripe (versus vertebral stripe single in
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).
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also differs from
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in amount of molecular divergence (
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).
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F446B78FF50FCA07865FCA4" bold="true" box="[151,274,857,879]" pageId="4" pageNumber="305">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Adult female (FMNH 283567) of
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(SVL 62.4 mm).
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The following is based on
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(FMNH 28356061, 28356364, 283568; KU 192621, 203160,
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; USNM 56358990, 56359394, 563596, 56359899, 570397, 570399, 570401, 573206, 573209, 580929) and
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(FMNH 283562, 283566; KU
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, 192622; USNM 563588, 563592, 563595, 563597, 57320708, 57321112, 580928).
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is a moderately large lizard (maximum recorded SVL
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[FMNH 283561]); dorsal head scales enlarged, smooth, platelike, with paired prenasal scales with short median sutures, a single frontonasal, paired prefrontals, a single frontal, paired frontoparietals, two pairs of parietal scales (occasionally one or two parietals can be partially divided), and a single interparietal scale; rostral not contacting frontonasal; postnasal not contacting prefrontal; prefrontal and first superciliary usually in contact; frontal ridge absent; posterior frontal suture usually aligned near midlength of supraocular 3; scales in frontoparietal region smooth, flat; interparietal varies from slightly narrower than, to slightly broader than, flanking parietals; 16 (2.8 ± 1.1) scales between fourth supraocular and inner-most parietal on each side; 16 (4.0 ± 1.0) scales between fourth supraocular and outer-most parietal on 34 sides; usually 4 supraoculars per side (occasionally a fifth smaller supraocular present posteriorly, rarely only 3 supraoculars present); median pair of occipital scales distinctly enlarged, much larger than first dorsal scale row; 1728 (21.4 ± 2.5) occipitals (occipitals of Harvey
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. 2012 plus scales bordering frontoparietals); supratemporals moderately enlarged, separated from parietals; short rostral groove present or absent; nostril centered in nasal suture; nostril opening oval; first supraocular contacting second supraocular; 1.0 to 1.5 rows of lateral supraocular granules, 2152 (29.0 ± 6.4) granules on each side; anterior extent of circumorbital semicircles in single row reaches between midlength and posterior third of supraocular 3, that of double row not reaching seam between supraoculars 34; 29 (4.2 ± 1.4) circumorbitals; 56 (usually 6) superciliaries per side, usually with second (occasionally third) elongated; 4 (rarely 5) suboculars per side, first on each side usually entire (occasionally divided), lower edge (when entire) or lower part (when divided) usually contacting supralabial 3 (rarely contacting both supralabials 3 and 4); subocular keel present; patch of enlarged scales located in front of auditory meatus; no auricular or preauricular flaps or folds; 11 loreals; usually 6 (rarely 5 or 7) supralabials and 5 (occasionally 6) infralabials per side; first supralabial straight ventrally, usually longer than second supralabial; lingual sheath absent; moveable eyelids present; pupil rounded; first pair of chinshields contacting infralabials, those chinshields separated only at posterior edge; intergular sulcus absent; 1826 (22.2 ± 2.2) anterior gulars; 918 (14.0 ± 2.5) posterior gulars; gular patch of distinctly enlarged scales absent; intertympanic sulcus absent; sharp transition from anterior gulars to smaller posterior ones; mesoptychial scales moderately enlarged, bordered anteriorly by sharp transition to small scales; edge of gular fold not serrated; dorsal scales conical, 190230 (212.0 ± 9.0) middorsals between occipitals and first enlarged caudal scale; 97123 (106.9 ± 6.0) granules around midbody; middorsal scales subequal to lateral scales; chest scales large, flat; pectoral sulcus absent; ventral body scales large, platelike, squarish, juxtaposed, smooth, in 2533 (28.9 ± 2.6) longitudinal (long axis of body) rows, in 8 transverse rows at midbody; scales immediately lateral to outside ventral plate on each side small and granular; paired enlarged terminal scales forming precloacal plate; 913 (10.6 ± 1.4) scales bordering all three enlarged plates in 55 (those listed above plus FMNH 283565, 283567; KU
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30,
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33,
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,
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42,
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47,
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50; USNM 69397400); males usually with one smaller subtriangular scale flanking paired terminal plates and 12 other smaller rounded scales between precloacal plate and small precloacal spur; 46 (4.8 ± 0.6) precloacal scales; postcloacal buttons absent; pair of slightly enlarged postcloacal scales present in males, those enlarged scales absent in females; caudal annuli complete, tail lacking crests or dorsolateral row of serrated scales; proximal subcaudals keeled; preaxial and postaxial brachial scales separated by band of continuous moderately enlarged scales; large dorsal brachial and antebrachial scales 1.01.5 times as wide as long, both sets of enlarged scales smooth, extending well beyond centers of arm; postaxial brachial scales in continuous enlarged row with preaxial brachial scales; postaxial antebrachial scales slightly enlarged; 2934 (31.4 ± 1.2) combined subdigital lamellae on fourth finger in 20; subarticular lamellae of Fingers IIIIV homogeneous in size, entire; 5464 (59.7 ± 2.3) subdigital lamellae on fourth toe in 19, distal ones smooth; subarticular lamellae of Toes IIIIV divided, each scale smaller than other lamellae; no row of distinctly enlarged scales between Toes IVV; small scales separating supradigital scales from subdigital lamellae continuous, or nearly continuous; denticulate fringe absent along postaxial edge of outer toes; fifth toe not reduced, claw extending beyond level of articulation of Toes IIIIV; 511 (7.4 ± 1.4) prefemoral scales on left side; heels without expanded scales; tibiotarsal shields present; tibiotarsal spurs absent; 3847 (42.4 ± 2.4) total femoral-abdominal pores in males, 3346 (39.7 ± 3.5) in females; no gap between femoral and abdominal pores; 34 (most often 3) scales separating each femoral-abdominal pore series; SVL 61.7113.4 (79.6 ± 12.2) mm in males, 60.375.7 (67.0 ± 4.1) mm in females; TAL/SVL
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females.
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F456B79FF50F872786FF86A" bold="true" box="[151,280,1931,1953]" pageId="5" pageNumber="306">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Map showing the known localities (circles) for
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F456B79FCEDF8727D46F86B" box="[810,1073,1931,1953]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="306">Cnemidophorus ruatanus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F456B79FBFAF8757DDFF86B" bold="true" box="[1085,1192,1932,1953]" pageId="5" pageNumber="306">com. nov.</emphasis>
The squares represent localities from which tissue samples were also sequenced.
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F466B7AFF50FD867851FD5E" bold="true" box="[151,294,639,661]" pageId="6" pageNumber="307">FIGURE 5A.</emphasis>
Cloacal plate region of
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F466B7AFDE7FD867A54FD5C" box="[544,803,639,662]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="307">Cnemidophorus ruatanus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F466B7AFCECFD797AE8FD5F" bold="true" box="[811,927,640,661]" pageId="6" pageNumber="307">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A268F3204F466B7AFCECFD797AE8FD5F" box="[811,927,640,661]" pageId="6" pageNumber="307">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(KU 101329) showing the small scale separating the enlarged terminal precloacal plates; 5B Cloacal plate region of
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F466B7AFCA8FD677D2CFD7E" box="[879,1115,670,692]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="307">Cnemidophorus gaigei</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F466B7AFBA0FD677DA8FD79" bold="true" box="[1127,1247,670,691]" pageId="6" pageNumber="307">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A268F3204F466B7AFBA0FD677DA8FD79" box="[1127,1247,670,691]" pageId="6" pageNumber="307">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(USNM 117471) showing the enlarged terminal precloacal plates in broad contact medially.
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<paragraph id="8B9092494F466B7AFF00FD067D00FAB6" blockId="6.[151,1436,767,2016]" pageId="6" pageNumber="307">
Color in life of an adult male (FMNH 283564): middorsal longitudinal band Ground Cinnamon (239) with two dark brown stripes in dorsolateral field of band; middorsal band bordered by Dark Brownish Olive (129) stripe (about six granules wide), that dark stripe bordered below by narrow Chartreuse (158) dorsolateral stripe; lateral surface of body greenish yellow with scattered brownish green mottling; top of head Emerald Green (163) along outer edges, becoming brown with green tinge medially; anterior surfaces of fore- and hind limbs Opaline Green (162D); ventral surfaces of head, throat, and chest Robins Egg Blue (93); belly white with pale blue tinge; outer two ventral plates on each side Emerald Green; ventral surfaces of limbs and subcaudal surface pale blue, except palms and soles Robins Egg Blue. Color in life of another adult male (KU
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): dorsal surface of head tan; lateral surface of head yellow-green, grading to turquoise blue on lips; outer edge of supraoculars outlined by yellow-green line; middorsal band tan, flanked by dark brown stripe; lateral surfaces yellowish green on neck and near groin, pinkish tan between neck and groin with yellow to white spots; dorsal surfaces of forelimbs olive green; dorsal surfaces of hind limbs tan with white spots; dorsal surface of tail tan; chin turquoise blue; chest pale turquoise blue; belly green with bluish cast; ventral surface of forelimbs white; ventral surface of hind limbs turquoise blue. Color in life of an adult female (UF
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): middorsum of body Drab-Gray (119D) with slightly paler paramiddorsal stripes; dorsolateral field Hair Brown (119A) bounded by pale tan stripes; lateral and ventrolateral fields Chartreuse (158) bounded by pale tan to white stripes; venter Light Sky Blue (116D) grading to pale bluish green laterally; dorsum of head Grayish Horn Color (91); limbs grayish brown with white spots dorsally, pale grayish blue ventrally; tail Drab-Gray dorsally, pale bluish green ventrally.
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Color in alcohol: juveniles have 8 longitudinal white to dirty white stripes dorsally and laterally on a body that is dark brown laterally and slightly paler brown middorsally; adults and juveniles of both sexes have a complete, pale brown middorsal swath extending from posterior edge of head to base of tail; adult females have that middorsal swath bordered laterally by thin paler brown to cream stripe that is in turn bordered below by a broad dark brown stripe that extends to posterior end of body, last mentioned stripe also bordered below by a cream to pale brown, thin stripe, with area below that thin stripe pale brown with or without indistinct cream stripe or cream to pale yellow small spots in adult females; adult males have middorsal swath with or without evidence of paler brown, thin border stripe, but with a dark brown broader border stripe (as in females) extending to posterior end of body, with area below that dark brown border stripe with cream to pale yellow spots in males; ventral surfaces of head and body cream to white with pale bluish gray tinge, or entirely black, except throat region pale blue to pale gray in males. Adults of both sexes from the Bay Islands have pale blue ventral surfaces, whereas those from the mainland can have either pale blue or black ventral surfaces. Adults of both sexes from
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de Roatán retain the pale stripes to a larger size than do those from the remaining
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populations.
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F466B7AFF00F8A2785DF8BE" bold="true" box="[199,298,1883,1908]" pageId="6" pageNumber="307">Habitat.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F466B7AFEF3F8A57B21F8B9" box="[308,598,1884,1908]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="307">Cnemidophorus ruatanus</emphasis>
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occurs at low elevations (sea level to
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elevation) in the Lowland Moist Forest and Lowland Dry Forest formations of Holdridge (1967). This is a sun loving species that occurs in open areas, such as beach vegetation and along open, gravely or sandy riverbanks. Both sexes exhibit the habit of pausing while moving about to lift and shake one of its forelegs. It has been collected or seen active during every month of the year in
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. Montgomery
<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F476B7BFD56FF607BB5FF7A" box="[657,706,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="308">et al</emphasis>
. (2007, 2011) provided studies on the habitats and natural history of a population of
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F476B7BFEA2FF45789DFF1E" box="[357,490,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="308">C. ruatanus</emphasis>
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on Cayo Cochino Pequeño,
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.
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<paragraph id="8B9092494F476B7BFF00FF267C2AFE05" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,464]" pageId="7" pageNumber="308">
Echternacht (1968) compared a series of
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F476B7BFD50FF197AC2FF32" box="[663,949,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="308">Cnemidophorus ruatanus</emphasis>
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from the
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mainland to a series of
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F476B7BFF50FEFD78AFFED6" box="[151,472,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="308">Cnemidophorus lemniscatus</emphasis>
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group specimens from El Real,
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. Echternacht (1968) noted that the El Real specimens frequently had ten ventral plates across the venter at the level of the fifteenth ventral plate. Examination of a series of 15 of the El Real population revealed that all 15 have ten transverse (across the venter) ventrals at the level of the fifteenth ventral or at one or two ventral rows posterior to that point. The Panamanian
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F476B7BFB31FE897CECFE42" box="[1270,1435,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="308">C. lemniscatus</emphasis>
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group populations are also the only populations of the genus
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F476B7BFC9EFE6D7D7BFE66" box="[857,1036,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="308">Cnemidophorus</emphasis>
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(sensu Harvey
<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F476B7BFB06FE6C7D83FE66" box="[1217,1268,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="308">et al</emphasis>
. 2012) known from the Pacific versant. We herein describe the Panamanian population as a new species of
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<emphasis id="B95B4E5B4F476B7BFB64FE417C21FE1A" box="[1187,1366,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="308">Cnemidophorus</emphasis>
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.
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