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.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-11
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journal article
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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.