Fantastic lizards and where to find them: cis-Andean microteiids (Squamata: Alopoglossidae & Gymnophthalmidae) from the Colombian Orinoquia and Amazonia Author Diago-Toro, María F. Programa de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y Tecnologías, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia. Author García-Cobos, Daniela Subdirección de Investigaciones, Colecciones Biológicas, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, carrera 8 # 15 - 08, Claustro de San Agustín, Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia. Author Brigante-Luna, Giovanni D. 0000-0001-6823-2383 Grupo de investigación de Biodiversidad del Caribe Colombiano, Semillero de Herpetología, Programa de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6823 - 2383 Author Vásquez-Restrepo, Juan D. Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-11-11 5067 3 377 400 journal article 3574 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.3.3 937e9cfe-ea1e-4891-b147-91ab13a31d78 1175-5326 5681919 F64E5226-B4DD-44A3-A83E-E05928B82F4B Cercosaura oshaughnessyi ( Boulenger, 1885 ) Distribution: Western Amazonia in Brazil , Peru , Ecuador , and Colombia ( Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral 2017 ). In Colombia it is mainly distributed within the Amazonia region, with some records in southern Orinoquia ( Fig. 4C ). Similar species: Cercosaura oshaughnessyi is distinguished from its congeners in having 11–17 longitudinal rows of enlarged hexagonal dorsal scales forming transversal lines, and a divided frontonasal (dorsal hexagonal scales arranged in transverse and oblique series in C. hypnoides , eight longitudinal rows in the C. ocellata group, and a single frontonasal in the C. ocellata group and C. hypnoides ); and scales on flanks distinctly smaller than dorsals, 31–45 scales around midbody, presence of preanal pores, and two ventral scales separated by the femoral pores (scales on flanks moderately smaller than dorsals, 27–35 scales around midbody, absence of preanal pores, and four ventral scales separated by the femoral pores in C. argulus ). See Ávila-Pires (1995) , Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral (2017) , and Sturaro et al. (2018) for a detailed description. Remarks: See C. argulus remarks.