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Villa, Jaime

Wilson, Larry David

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REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: SAURIA: ANGumAE423.1CELESTUS BIVITTATUSMap. Solidsymbolmarksthetype-locality.Hollowsymbolsmarkotherlocalities.Catalogueof AmericanAmpWbians and Reptiles.Villa,JaimeandLarryDavidWilson.1988.Celestusbivittatus.Celestusbivittatus(Boulenger)Diploglossus(Celestus)steindachnerii:Bocourt,1879:383(notofCope,1864).DiploglossusbivittatusBoulenger,1894:732.Type-locality,"Haci-endaRosadeJericho,Nicaragua,3250feet"[~SantaRosadeJerico, DepartamentodeMatagalpa,nearMatagalpaCity,accordingtoVilla,1971].Holotype,BritishMuseum(NaturalHistory)1946.8.29.37,a juvenilefemalecollectedby E . Roth-schuhin 1894(examinedby authors).Celestusenneagrammus:Cope1900:54 (part).CelestusatitlanensisSmith,1950:195.Type-locality,"Atitlan,Guatemala"(probablySanLucasAtitlanaccordingtoStuart,1963).Holotype,MuseumNationald'HistoireNaturelle,Paris5206,anadultfemale,collectoranddateofcollectionunknown(examinedby authors).C [elestus}.bivittatus:Smith,1950:195(footnote).Firstuseofcombination.Celestussp.,Villa,1983:27.Diploglossusatitlanensis:Wermuth1969:4.• Content. No subspecieshavebeendescribed.• Definition. A medium-sized(malesto81mm,femalesto111.4mm in snout-ventlength)speciesof Celestuswith 29-31scalesaroundthe body, 73-79middorsals,79-85scalesbetweenthepostmentalandthevent,and8-10preanals...r/I~ •• J"\}200 MI.--l1300 KM.Thereare14-18subdigitallamellaeunderthe4thtoe. Thereare6-10supraciliaries,1-3suboculars,3-5postoculars,1-3loreals,3-5primaryand secondarytemporals,9-11supralabials(6-7to thecenterof theeye),6-9infralabials,and3-4pairsof chinshields(thefirstpairincontactinmostspecimens).Therostralcontactsthenasalandthefirstsupralabialin mostspecimens.The nostrilis large,ovoid,andsituatedontheposteriorportionofanelongatenasal.Thefrontalisflankedby5medialsupraoculars,thefirstand/orsecondin contactwitha prefrontal.Thejuvenilecolor(in life)is darkchocolatedorsallywitha dorso-lateralstripeoneachside,whichstartsontherostralisandgoldontheheadgradingtoagoldenbronzeposteriorly.Thetailisbrilliantred-orange.Thelimbsaredarkreddishbrowndorsallyand brickredventrally.Theposteriorportionoftheventeris anorange-greencolorgradingtobrilliantreddishorangejustanteriortothevent.Thelabialsandlateralneckareaarepalechartreusse.Adultsaredarkbrowndorsallywitheachscaledarkermediallyandpalerlaterally.Thedorsolateralstripesarebrightgoldenpinkgradingtodullcopperatthemidbodyandfusingonthebaseofthetailtobecomethesamecolorasthetail.Theheadisdarkbrownmedially,withbrightcopperstripeslaterally.Thetemporalareaandthelateralareaof thebodyanteriorto the insertionof the forelimbsare darkbrown. Thesupralabialshavecream-coloredmarkings.Thechinispaleyellow.Theventeris paleyellowwitha copperpatina.•Diagnosis.Celestushivittatusdiffersfromitscongenersinhavingthefollowingcharacteristics:29-31scalesaroundmidbody:73-79mid-dorsals;a medianprefrontalwhichis widerthanlongandincontactwiththefrontalandtwosupraoculars;frontallongerthanwideandincontactwiththefirstsupraocular;twolightdorsolateralstripes.•Descriptions. ThemostcomprehensivedescriptionisinWilsonetal.(198<1).I30ulenger(1894)andHidalgo(1982)eachdescribeda singlespecimenfromNicaraguandEI Salvador,r(:spectively.• Illustrations.Bocourt(1879,pI.22,erroneouslycitedaspI.22Ainthetext)publishedpen-and-inkdrawingsofthedorsalandlateralviewsof thehead,aswell asa dorsalandtwo snout-scalesof apreservedspecimenlabelledDiploglossus(Celestus)steindachnerii.Boulenger(1894,pI.48,fig.5)provideda pen-and-ink-drawingoftheholotypeof hivittatus,includinga closeupof theheadvieweddorsally.Hidalgo(1982)illustratedthedorsalviewof theheadofa specimenfromEI Salvador.Wilsonetal.(1986)publishedphoto-graphsof anadultfemaleanditsjuvenileoffspring.•Distribution.Celestushivittatusisfoundinhumidenvironmentsoccurringfrom lowtomoderatelevations(800-1982m)in Guate-mala,Honduras,El SalvadorandNicaragua,mostfrequentlyinpineforests.• Fossil Record.None.• PertinentLiterature. Themostcomprehensiveaccountof thisspecies,whichincludesageneraldescriptionanswellasinformationon scutellation,taxonomicandnaturalhistory,is in Wilsonetal.(1986)• Etymology. Thespecificnamehivittatusmeans"twolined"inreferenceto thetwodorsolaterallightstripesmostevidentin thejuvenilesof thisspecies.LiteratureCitedBocourt,Marie-Firmin.1879.In A. Dumeril,M.-F.BocourtandF.Mocquard,Etudessurlesreptiles.In Rechercheszoologiquespourserviral'historiedelafaunedel'AmeriqueCentrale tduMexique.MissionscientifiqueauMexiqueetdansI'AmeriqueCentrale,Rechercheszoologiques,Pt.3,Sect.1.ImprimerieNa-tionale,Paris.Boulenger,GeorgeAlbert.1894.SecondreportonadditionstothelizardcollectionintheNaturalHistoryMuseum.Proc.Zool.Soc.423.2London 1894:722-736.Cope, Edward Drinker. 1864.Contributions to the herpetology oftropicalAmerica.Proe.Acad. Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 16:166-181.--. 1900.The crocodilians, lizards, and snakesof North America.Rept. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1898:153-1270.Hidalgo, Hugo Narciso. 1982. Rediscovery of the anguid lizardDiploglossusatitlanensis(Smith). Trans. KansasAcad. Sci.85(1): 34-38Smith, Hobart Muir. 1950.In H. M. Smith and E. H. Taylor. Anannotatedchecklist and key to the reptilesof Mexico exclusiveof the snakes.Bul!. U.S. Nat. Mus. (199):v+1-253.Stuart,Laurence Cooper. 1963. A checklist of the herpetofaunaofGuatemala. Mise.Pub!.Mus. Zoo!. Univ. Michigan (122):1-150.Villa,]aime D. 1971.Noteson someNicaraguanreptiles.J. Herpeto!.5: 45-48.--. 1983.Nicaraguan fishes,amphibians and reptiles:a checklistand bibliography. Univ. Centromaricana,Managua. 53 p.Figure.Dorsal view of the holotype of Celestusbivittatus.FromBoulenger (1894).Wermuth, Heinz 1969.Listeder rezentenAmphibien und Reptilien.Anguidae, Anniellidae, Xenosauridae. Das Tierreich 90: 1-41.Wilson, Larry David, Louis Porras and James R. McCranie. 1986.Distributional and taxonomic commentson some membersofthe Honduran herpetofauana [sic}. Milwaukee Pub!. Mus.Contrib. Bio!. Geo!. (66): 1-18.Jaime Villa, Departmentof Biology, Universityof Missouri, KansasCity, Missouri 64110-2499,and Larry DavidWilson, Departmentof Biology, Miami-Dade CommunityCollege, SouthCampus,Miami,Florida 33176.Primary editor for this account, Andrew H. Price.Published 15June 1988and Copyright ©1988by the Catalogue ofAmerican Amphibians and Reptiles.

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