Antillena miguelangeli Santos & Bertani, 2024

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Distribution

Dominican Republic

Type Locality: Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, Valverde province, 180 m

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 1 adult male specimen record, against the rainfall where they live

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Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Dominican Republic. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 211 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

The specific name is a patronym in honor of the Dominican herpetologist Miguel Ángel Landestoy, for his contributions to the knowledge of Antillena's distribution.

Specimen Records (6)

MNHNSD 09.1729 ♂ Holotype Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 180 m, Valverde

November 2020 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Holotype male of Antillena miguelangeli; collected inside a silk-covered burrow on a tree, at around 21:00 hrs.

MNHNSD 09.1728 ♀ Paratype Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 180 m, Valverde

November 2020 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Paratype female of Antillena miguelangeli; same collecting data as the holotype.

MNHNSD 09.1730 ♀ Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 180 m, Valverde

September 2018 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Other material examined of Antillena miguelangeli.

MNHNSD 09.1731 ♀ Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 180 m, Valverde

September 2018 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Other material examined of Antillena miguelangeli.

MNHNSD 09.1732 ♀ Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 174 m, Valverde

May 2018 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Other material examined of Antillena miguelangeli.

MNHNSD 09.1733 ♀ Dominican Republic

Mao, Los Quemados, Refugio de vida silvestre El Cañón del río Gurabo, 174 m, Valverde

May 2018 · col. C. Marte & G. de los Santos

Other material examined of Antillena miguelangeli.