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Taxonomy of the genus Alopoglossus Biodiversity of the family Alopoglossidae

Bibliography of the genus
Alopoglossus (Western Shade Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Alopoglossidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Alopoglossus in general

Barros, F.C.; Herrel, A.; Kohlsdorf, T. 2011. Head shape evolution in Gymnophthalmidae: does habitat use constrain the evolution of cranial design in fossorial lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24(11): 2423-2433.

Bauer, A.M.; Günther, R. 1994. An annotated type catalogue of the teiid and microteiid lizards in the Zoological Museum, Berlin (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae and Gymnophthalmidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 70(2): 267-280.

Benozzati, M.L.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2003. Mitochondrial restriction site characterization of a brazilian group of eyelid-less gymnophthalmid lizards. Journal of Herpetology 37(1): 161-168.

Castoe, T.A.; Doan, T.M.; Parkinson, C.L. 2004. Data partitions and complex models in Bayesian analysis: the phylogeny of Gymnophthalmid lizards. Systematic Biology 53(3): 448-469.

Dixo, M.; Metzger, J.P. 2009. Are corridors, fragment size and forest structure important for the conservation of leaf-litter lizards in a fragmented landscape? Oryx 43(3): 435-442.

Dunn, E.R. 1944. The lizard genera Anadia and Ptychoglossus in Colombia. Caldasia (Bogota) 3(11): 63-68.

Goicoechea, N.; Frost, D.R.; Riva, I. de la; Pellegrino, K.C.M.; Sites, J.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Padial, J.M. 2016. Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment. Cladistics 32(6): 624-671.

Grizante, M.B.; Brandt, R.; Kohlsdorf, T. 2012. Evolution of body elongation in gymnophthalmid lizards: relationships with climate. PLoS ONE 7(11): e49772.

Harris, D.M. 1994. Review of the teiid lizard genus Ptychoglossus. Herpetological Monographs 8: 226-275.

Hoyos, J.M. 1998. A reapraisal [reappraisal] of the phylogeny of lizards of the family Gymnophthalmidae (Sauria, Scincomorpha). Revista Espanola de Herpetologia 12: 27-43.

Köhler, G.; Diethert, H.H.; Veselý, M. 2012. A contribution to the knowledge of the lizard genus Alopoglossus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Herpetological Monographs 26: 173-188.

Kok, P.J.R.; MacCulloch, R.D.; Bruce, M.D.; Roelants, K.; Bocxlaer, I. van; Bossuyt, F. 2012. Low genetic diversity in tepui summit vertebrates. Current Biology 22(15): R589-R590.

Lopez, A.M.; Cabrera, M.R. 1995. Osteologia craneal de Pantodactylus schreibersii schreibersii (Wiegmann, 1834) y su contribucion a la discusion de Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia). Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso 23: 53-62.

Olmo, E.; Capriglione, T.; Odierna, G.; Caputo, V.; Canapa, A. 1995. Results and perspectives in the study of scincomorph karyology. pp. 53-67. In: Llorente, G.A.; Montori, A.; Santos, X. & Carretero, M.A. (eds.). Scientia Herpetologica: papers submitted from the 7th Ordinary General Meeting of Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Barcelona, September 15-19, 1993. Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola, Barcelona. 385 pp.

Pellegrino, K.C.M.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y.; Sites, J.W. 2001. A molecular perspective on the evolution of microteiid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), and a new classification for the family. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 74(3): 315-338.

Presch, W. 1976. Secondary palate formation in microteiid lizards (Teiidae: Lacertilia). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 75(3): 281-283.

Presch, W. 1978. Descriptions of the hemipenial morphology in eight species of microteiid lizards (family Teiidae, subfamily Gymnophthalminae). Herpetologica 34(1): 108-112.

Presch, W. 1980. Evolutionary history of the South American microteiid lizards (Teiidae: Gymnophthalminae). Copeia 1980(1): 36-56.

Presch, W. 1983. The lizard family Teiidae: is it a monophyletic group? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 77(2): 189-197.

Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A.; Amaral, S. 2017. Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae. Zootaxa 4269(2): 151–196.

Rueda-Almonacid, J.V. 1985. Acerca de las especies Colombianas del genero Ptychoglossus (Sauria: Gymnophtalmidae) con la descripcion de una nueva especie. Lozania 51: 1-12.

Taylor, E.H. 1949. Two new teiid lizards from Costa Rica. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33(1): 271-278.

Vitt, L.J.; Pianka, E.R. 2004. Historical patterns in lizard ecology: what teiids can tell us about lacertids. pp. 139-157. In: Perez-Mellado, V.; Riera, N.; Perera, A. (eds.). The biology of lacertid lizards: evolutionary and ecological perspectives. [Colleccio Recerca]. Institut Menorqui d'Estudis, Mao, Menorca. 313 pp.

Alopoglossus angulatus

Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Doan, T.M.; Embert, D. 2010. Alopoglossus angulatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178418A7542865. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178418A7542865.en.

Brongersma, L.D. 1946. On an Alopoglossus from Surinam. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 26: 231-236.

Couto, A.P. do; Menin, M. 2014. Predation on the lizard Alopoglossus angulatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) by the Smoky Jungle Frog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Central Amazonia. Herpetology Notes 7: 37-39.

Pinto, G.S. 2000. Novos registros de lagartos (Squamata) da ilha do Marajo, Para, Brasil. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Zoologia) 16(1): 3-6.

Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A. 2018. A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Alopoglossidae) from the Southern Guiana Shield, northeastern Amazonia, with remarks on diagnostic characters to the genus. Zootaxa 4422(1): 25–40.

Vitt, L.J.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Esposito, M.C.; Sartorius, S.S.; Zani, P.A. 2007. Ecology of Alopoglossus angulatus and A. atriventris (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in western Amazonia. Phyllomedusa 6(1): 11-21.

Alopoglossus atriventris

Duellman, W.E. 1973. Descriptions of new lizards from the upper Amazon Basin. Herpetologica 29(3): 228-231.

Vitt, L.J.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Esposito, M.C.; Sartorius, S.S.; Zani, P.A. 2007. Ecology of Alopoglossus angulatus and A. atriventris (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in western Amazonia. Phyllomedusa 6(1): 11-21.

Alopoglossus bicolor

Anaya-Rojas, J.M.; Serrano-Cardozo, V.H.; Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. 2010. Diet, microhabitat use, and thermal preferences of Ptychoglossus bicolor (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in an organic coffee shade plantation in Colombia. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (Săo Paulo) 50(10): 159-166.

Meza-Joya, F.L.; Ramos-Pallares, E.; Hernández-Jaimes, C. 2014. Ptychoglossus bicolor (Werner 1916). Lagarto de Werner, lagarto pechirrojo. Catálogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 2(2): 24-29.

Ramos-Pallares, E.; Serrano-Cardozo, V.H.; Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. 2010. Reproduction of Ptychoglossus bicolor (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in an Andean coffee shade plantation in Colombia. South American Journal of Herpetology 5(2): 143-150.

Rodríguez, N.C.; Galeano, M.Á.M. 2017. Natural history notes: Ptychoglossus bicolor (Werner's Large-scaled Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 48(3): 658-659.

Uzzell, T.M. 1958. Generic status of the teiid lizard Gonioptychus bicolor Werner. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 592: 4 pp.

Alopoglossus bilineatus

Medina-Rangel, G.F.; Calderon-Espinosa, M.L. 2010. Geographic distribution: Ptychoglossus bilineatus (Largescale Lizard). Herpetological Review 41(4): 514.

Alopoglossus brevifrontalis

Barrio-Amoros, C.L.; Diaz de Pascual, A.; Chacon, A. 2003. Geographic distribution: Ptychoglossus nicefori. Herpetological Review 34(2): 167.

Fouquette, M.J. 1968. Observations on the natural history of microteiid lizards from the Venezuelan Andes. Copeia 1968: 881-884.

Loveridge, A. 1929. A new Anadia from Colombia with remarks on other members of the genus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 42: 99-102.

Peloso, P.L.; Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2010. Morphological variation in Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis Boulenger, 1912 and the status of Ptychoglossus nicefori (Loveridge, 1929) (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Herpetologica 66(3): 357-372.

Pinto, M.G.M.; Quatman, W.E. 2005. Geographic distribution: Ptychoglossus brevifrontalis (Boulenger's Large-scaled Lizard). Herpetological Review 36(2): 202.

Alopoglossus buckleyi

Bernarde, P.S.; Machado, R.A.; Turci, L.C.B. 2011. Herpetofauna da área do Igarapé Esperanca na Reserva Extrativista Riozinho da Liberdade, Acre - Brasil. [Herpetofauna of Igarape Esperanca area in the Reserva Extrativista Riozinho da Liberdade, Acre - Brazil]. Biota Neotropica 11(3): 117-144.

Calderón, M.; Perez, P.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Aparicio, J.; Moravec, J. 2016. Alopoglossus buckleyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578087A44578096. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578087A44578096.en.

Taylor, E.H. 1949. Two new teiid lizards from Costa Rica. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33(1): 271-278.

Alopoglossus copii

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Perez, J.; Gagliardi, G. 2016. Alopoglossus copii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578102A44578105. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578102A44578105.en.

Alopoglossus embera

Peloso, P.L.V.; Hernández Morales, C. 2017. Description of a new species of Alopoglossus Boulenger, 1885 from western Colombia (Gymnophthalmoidea). South American Journal of Herpetology 12(2): 89-98.

Alopoglossus eurylepis

Harris, D.M.; Rueda, J.V. 1985. A new microteiid lizard (Sauria: Ptychoglossus) with exceptionally wide scales from southwestern Colombia. Lozania 48: 1-6.

Alopoglossus festae

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Velasco, J.; Bolívar, W. 2016. Alopoglossus festae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578111A44578114. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578111A44578114.en.

Alopoglossus grandisquamatus

Rueda-Almonacid, J.V. 1985. Acerca de las especies Colombianas del genero Ptychoglossus (Sauria: Gymnophtalmidae) con la descripcion de una nueva especie. Lozania 51: 1-12.

Alopoglossus harrisi

Medina-Rangel, G.F.; López-Perilla, Y.R. 2014. Natural history notes: Ptychoglossus festae (Peracca's Largescale Lizard). Nesting. Herpetological Review 45(3): 504.

Alopoglossus kugleri

Shreve, B. 1947. On Venezuelan reptiles and amphibians collected by Dr. G. Kugler. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 99(5): 517-537.

Alopoglossus lehmanni

Ayala, S.C.; Harris, D.M. 1984. A new microteiid lizard (Alopoglossus) from the Pacific rainforest of Columbia. Herpetologica 40(2): 154-158.

Alopoglossus meloi

Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A. 2018. A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Alopoglossidae) from the Southern Guiana Shield, northeastern Amazonia, with remarks on diagnostic characters to the genus. Zootaxa 4422(1): 25–40.

Alopoglossus myersi

Sanchez-Pacheco, S.J.; Rueda-Almonacid, J.V.; Caicedo-Portilla, J.R.; Marques Souza, S. 2016. First record of Leposoma caparensis from Colombia, with confirmation for the presence of Ptychoglossus myersi and P. plicatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Salamandra 52(1): 53-57.

Alopoglossus plicatus

Alemán, C. 1952. Apuntes sobre reptiles y anfibios de la region Baruta-El Hatillo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 12(31): 11-30.

Goldberg, S.R. 2008. Note on reproduction of two species of microteiid lizards, Leposoma southi and Ptychoglossus plicatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 44(2): 42-45.

Herrera, Y.C.; Fernández-Marín, H. 2016. Natural history notes: Ptychoglossus plicatus (Taylor's Large-scaled Lizard). Nesting. Herpetological Review 47(4): 673-674.

Sanchez-Pacheco, S.J.; Rueda-Almonacid, J.V.; Caicedo-Portilla, J.R.; Marques Souza, S. 2016. First record of Leposoma caparensis from Colombia, with confirmation for the presence of Ptychoglossus myersi and P. plicatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Salamandra 52(1): 53-57.

Taylor, E.H. 1949. Two new teiid lizards from Costa Rica. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33(1): 271-278.

Alopoglossus stenolepis

Bolivar-G., W.; Hernández-Morales, C. 2013. Ptychoglossus stenolepis (Boulenger 1908). Lisa Café, Sabandija. Catálogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 1(1): 26-30.

Alopoglossus viridiceps

Reid, V. 2014. New emerald-faced shade lizard discovered in Ecuador. Biodiversity 15(2-3): 68-69.

Torres-Carvajal, O.; Lobos, S.E. 2014. A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the tropical Andes, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus. ZooKeys 410: 105-120.