The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia

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Main Author: Dunn Emmett Reid
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 1944-09-01
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/32074
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description <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Study of the available Colombian material of these genera necessitates the description of a new Anadia, the transference of a species described as an Anadia to the related genus Ptychoglossus, and affords a definite locality in Colombia for the type species of Anadia, hitherto known only from "Tropical America??". Anadia and Ptychoglossus agree in having the scales in transverse rings, the ventrals continuous with, rather than separated from, the laterals and dorsals, and in having prefrontal plates. They differ in that Anadia has squarish, flat dorsals, while in Ptychoglossus they are narrow, elongate, and more or less keeled. In neither genus are the dorsals separated from the ventrals by smaller scales, as they are in Euspondylus, nor is there an oblique arrangement of the laterals, as there is in Pantodactylus. In Anadia the dorsals of one ring may follow those of the next or they may alternate with them (or some follow and some alternate), whereas in Ptychoglossus the alternation is regular.</span></p><br> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">Study of the available Colombian material of these genera necessitates the description of a new Anadia, the transference of a species described as an Anadia to the related genus Ptychoglossus, and affords a definite locality in Colombia for the type species of Anadia, hitherto known only from "Tropical America??". Anadia and Ptychoglossus agree in having the scales in transverse rings, the ventrals continuous with, rather than separated from, the laterals and dorsals, and in having prefrontal plates. They differ in that Anadia has squarish, flat dorsals, while in Ptychoglossus they are narrow, elongate, and more or less keeled. In neither genus are the dorsals separated from the ventrals by smaller scales, as they are in Euspondylus, nor is there an oblique arrangement of the laterals, as there is in Pantodactylus. In Anadia the dorsals of one ring may follow those of the next or they may alternate with them (or some follow and some alternate), whereas in Ptychoglossus the alternation</span></p> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">is regular.</span>
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spelling doaj-art-ca5e7065248242de8adf29819345eaeb2025-08-20T03:46:08ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaCaldasia0366-52321944-09-010116368The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in ColombiaDunn Emmett Reid<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Study of the available Colombian material of these genera necessitates the description of a new Anadia, the transference of a species described as an Anadia to the related genus Ptychoglossus, and affords a definite locality in Colombia for the type species of Anadia, hitherto known only from "Tropical America??". Anadia and Ptychoglossus agree in having the scales in transverse rings, the ventrals continuous with, rather than separated from, the laterals and dorsals, and in having prefrontal plates. They differ in that Anadia has squarish, flat dorsals, while in Ptychoglossus they are narrow, elongate, and more or less keeled. In neither genus are the dorsals separated from the ventrals by smaller scales, as they are in Euspondylus, nor is there an oblique arrangement of the laterals, as there is in Pantodactylus. In Anadia the dorsals of one ring may follow those of the next or they may alternate with them (or some follow and some alternate), whereas in Ptychoglossus the alternation is regular.</span></p><br> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">Study of the available Colombian material of these genera necessitates the description of a new Anadia, the transference of a species described as an Anadia to the related genus Ptychoglossus, and affords a definite locality in Colombia for the type species of Anadia, hitherto known only from "Tropical America??". Anadia and Ptychoglossus agree in having the scales in transverse rings, the ventrals continuous with, rather than separated from, the laterals and dorsals, and in having prefrontal plates. They differ in that Anadia has squarish, flat dorsals, while in Ptychoglossus they are narrow, elongate, and more or less keeled. In neither genus are the dorsals separated from the ventrals by smaller scales, as they are in Euspondylus, nor is there an oblique arrangement of the laterals, as there is in Pantodactylus. In Anadia the dorsals of one ring may follow those of the next or they may alternate with them (or some follow and some alternate), whereas in Ptychoglossus the alternation</span></p> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">is regular.</span>http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/32074AnadiaPtychoglossusLizardTropical AmericaEuspondylusPantodactylus
spellingShingle Dunn Emmett Reid
The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia
Caldasia
Anadia
Ptychoglossus
Lizard
Tropical America
Euspondylus
Pantodactylus
title The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia
title_full The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia
title_fullStr The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia
title_full_unstemmed The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia
title_short The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia
title_sort lizard genera anadia and ptychoglossus in colombia the lizard genera anadia and ptychoglossus in colombia
topic Anadia
Ptychoglossus
Lizard
Tropical America
Euspondylus
Pantodactylus
url http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/32074
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