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: USNM 316725, from “vicinity of Kumpin entse, on Río Najem (tributary of the Río Huampami, which is a tributary of the Río Cena[e]pa), Departamento de Amazonas,
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF98606469838DCAD065F92E" bold="true" box="[151,273,1700,1725]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This species can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9860646BCC8DC8D2C6F92E" box="[728,946,1702,1725]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Morunasaurus groi</emphasis>
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by having a discontinuous row of enlarged vertebral scales (row absent in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF98606468ED8DA4D339F972" box="[505,589,1738,1761]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. groi</emphasis>
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), and caudal whorls of spiny scales separated by two (ventrally) and three (dorsally) transverse rows of scales (three and four in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9860646BEE8D80D23AF896" box="[762,846,1774,1797]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. groi</emphasis>
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, respectively).
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9860646C208D80D1BFF8BA" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">M. annularis</emphasis>
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(character states in parentheses) in having 34 femoral pores on each leg (usually two); five postrostrals (four); four postmentals (two), a larger body size (maximum SVL
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in males,
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in females); and dark streaks on throat in females (streaks absent).
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF98606469D18C12D023F806" bold="true" box="[197,343,1916,1941]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Description.</emphasis>
(1) dorsal head scales smooth, not projecting dorsally, some occipitals granular; (2) posterior superciliaries not enlarged relative to adjacent scales; (3) scales on lateral edge of skull roof just posterior to superciliaries not projecting; (4) all pretympanic scales similar in size; (5) gular scales granular or flat and smooth, juxtaposed or slightly imbricate, not projecting ventrally; (6) dorsal neck scales heterogeneous in size, granular or large and conical; lateral neck scales granular, homogeneous in size; (7) some vertebrals between the scapular and pelvic regions larger than adjacent dorsals, forming a distinct but discontinuous middorsal longitudinal row of enlarged, elliptical, smooth, and unraised scales; (8) nuchal region without distinct middorsal longitudinal row of enlarged scales; (9) dorsals smooth and heterogeneous in size, with largest scales more projecting and abundant on posterior half of body; (10) discontinuous longitudinal row of raised, enlarged scales between dorsals and flank scales present; (11) scales on flanks heterogeneous in size, mostly granular with a few scattered enlarged scales; (12) ventrals smooth; (13) fore limb scales smooth or slightly keeled dorsally and ventrally; (14) hind limb scales smooth or slightly keeled dorsally and ventrally; scattered conical, sharply pointed, enlarged scales present dorsally; scales of pes heterogeneous in size; (15) caudals heterogeneous, with scales making up the posteriormost whorl of each segment modified as conspicuous spines; (16) tail nearly circular in cross section. Meristic and morphometric characters are presented in
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.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9F606369D18929D0E6FDF3" bold="true" box="[197,402,583,608]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Coloration in life</emphasis>
(
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). Adult males (USNM 316725,
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): dorsum dark brown with four dark, wide transverse bands that extend ventrally onto flanks; head black with a few scattered white and light blue scales laterally; yellow vertical bar extends dorsally from anterior insertion of fore limb to scapular region, where it becomes faint; flanks with yellow blotches that separate the dark bands that extend from dorsum; limbs light brown with scattered yellow scales; chin and gular region extensively covered by black mark that extends posteriorly as a wide midventral stripe that covers most of the ventral surface of body; venter light blue laterally; tail dark brown dorsally and laterally.
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Females have pale brown gular regions with distinct dark brown streaks, and uniformly brown venters (
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).
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9F606369D188E2D0F7FC37" bold="true" box="[197,387,907,932]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Natural history.</emphasis>
Similar to other species of
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, this species seems to live in burrows in the forest floor (R.W. McDiarmid field notes, cited by
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).
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9F606369D188BDD02AFC7F" bold="true" box="[197,350,979,1004]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9F6063687288BBD3E4FC7F" box="[358,656,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Morunasaurus peruvianus</emphasis>
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occurs on the eastern slopes of the Andes in northern
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at elevations between
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(
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). This species is not known to occur in sympatry with other hoplocercines, although
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inhabits nearby localities.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9F606369D38F2ED04FFBCB" bold="true" box="[199,315,1088,1112]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9F606368578F2FD318FBCB" box="[323,620,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Morunasaurus peruvianus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9F60636BB18F2FD24CFBCB" box="[677,824,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">M. annularis</emphasis>
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are very similar morphologically (
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Köhler
<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9F60636C0F8F2FD420FBCB" box="[1307,1364,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">et al.</emphasis>
1999
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;
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) and the maximum-likelihood corrected genetic distance between them (0.042) is low for an interspecific comparison (Torres-Carvajal &amp; de Queiroz 2009). Additional morphological and molecular studies with samples from several populations are necessary to assess the taxonomic status of populations currently recognized as
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9F606369838FBFD053FB7B" box="[151,295,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">M. annularis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF9FF9F6063684A8FBFD08BFB7B" box="[350,511,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">M. peruvianus</emphasis>
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more definitively.
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