Opinion 1735 Anniella pulchra Gray, 1852 (Reptilia, Squamata): neotype designated

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by  International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

186 BulletinofZoologicalNomenclature50(2)June1993
OPINION 1735
Anniellapulchra Gray, 1852 (Reptilia, Squamata): neotypedesignated
Ruling
(1) Under the plenary powers all previous fixations of type specimens for the
nominal speciesAnniellapulchraGray, 1852areherebysetasideandspecimenno.
64656 in the Museum ofVertebrate Zoology, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley,
U.S.A. isdesignatedastheneotype.
(2) ThenameAnniellaGray, 1852(gender: feminine), typespeciesbymonotypy
AnniellapulchraGray, 1852,isherebyplacedontheOfficialListofGenericNames
inZoology.
(3) ThenamepulchraGray, 1852, aspublished in thebinomenAnniellapulchra
and as defined by the neotype designated in (1) above (specific name ofthe type
speciesofAnniellaGray,1852),isherebyplacedontheOfficialListofSpecificNames
inZoology.
(4) Thenameargentea Hunt, 1983, as published in the trinomen Anniellanigra
argentea, is hereby placed on the Official Index ofRejected and Invalid Specific
NamesinZoology(ajuniorobjectivesynonymofAnniellapulchraGray, 1852).
HistoryofCase2552
An application to conserve the accepted usage ofthe specific name ofAnniella
pulchra Gray, 1852 by the designation ofa neotype was received from Dr R.W.
Murphy(RoyalOntario Museum, Toronto. Ontario. Canada)andProfH.M. Smith
(University of Colorado. Boulder. Colorado, U.S.A.) on 16 January 1986. After
correspondencethecasewaspublishedinBZN48;316-318(December1991).Notice
ofthecasewassenttoappropriatejournals.
Comments in support from Profs Royce E. Ballinger (University ofNebraska,
Lincoln, U.S.A.), Lauren E. Brown (Illinois State University. Normal. U.S.A.),
Wilmer W. Tanner (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U.S.A.), Robert C.
Stebbins (University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.), John B. Iverson (Earlham
College. Richmond, Indiana, U.S.A.) and David Chiszar (University ofColorado,
Boulder, USA.)werepublishedinBZN49; 155-156(June 1992).Anoteoffurther
supportive comments from Profs Carl Gans (University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor,
U.S.A.), Anthony P. Russell (University ofCalgary, Canada) and Laurie J. Vitt
(OklahomaMusewnofNaturalHistory, Norman, U.S.A.)waspublishedatthesame
time.
FurthercommentsinsupportfromDrsMarkR.Jennings(U.S. Departmentofthe
Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. San Simeon. California, U.S.A.), Robert G.
Sprackland (Belmont, California, U.S.A.), Hugh Griffith (University ofCalifornia,
Berkeley, U.S.A.) and Richard G. Zweifel (American Museum ofNaturalHistory,
New York, U.S.A.)werepublishedin BZN49;234-235(September 1992).
It was noted on the voting paper that copies of the application and of the
commentspublishedinJune 1992hadbeensenttoDrLawrenceE.Hunt(cf.paras.
4-6ofthe application). The NewsletteroftheSouthwestern HerpetologistsSociety,
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22(8):5(August 1992),statedthatDrHuntnowpreferredtorefertotheCaUfornia
leglesslizardbyitsolder,acceptedname,Anniellapulchra,pendingadecisionbythe
Commission.
ItwasalsonotedthatGray's(1852)descriptionwasbriefbut,asnotedbyHunt
(1983,p.80),'itwouldbeverydifficulttodemonstratethathisdescriptionwasbased
onmorethanonespecimen'(cf. para. 2oftheapplication).
DecisionoftheCommission
On 1 December1992themembersoftheCommissionwereinvitedtovoteonthe
proposals published in BZN 48: 317-318. At the close ofthe voting period on 1
March 1993thevote—swereasfollows:
Affirmativevotes 28: Bayer, Bock, Bouchet, Cocks, Cogger, Corliss, Dupuis,
Hahn, Halvorsen, Heppell, Holthuis, Kabata, Kraus, Lehtinen, Macpherson,
Mahnert, Martins de Souza, Minelli, Nielsen, Nye, Ride, Savage, Schuster,
Starobogatov,Tho—mpson,Trjapitzin, Ueno,Willink
Negativevotes 1: Stys.
Originalreferences
ThefollowingaretheoriginalreferencestothenamesplacedonOfficialListsandanOfficial
IndexbytherulinggiveninthepresentOpinion:
AnniellaGray, 1852,AnnalsandMagazineofNaturalHistory,(2)10(59):440.
argenlea,Anniellanigra.Hunt, 1983,Copeia,1983(1):86.
pulchra,Anniella,Gray, 1852,AnnalsandMagazineofNaturalHistory,(2)10(59):440.