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
3574
10.11646/zootaxa.5067.3.3
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Alopoglossus bicolor
(
Werner, 1916
)
Distribution:
Endemic to
Colombia
, along the upper
Magdalena
River Valley and the adjacent Cordillera Oriental, including its eastern foothill in the
Meta department
(
Harris 1994
;
Fig. 4A
).
Similar species:
Alopoglossus bicolor
can be easily distinguished from all other sympatric and similar species of the genus due to the lack of prefrontal scales (present in
A. atriventris
,
A. avilapiresae
,
A. brevifrontalis
, and
A. buckleyi
). For a more detailed description see
Harris (1994)
.
Remarks:
Harris (1994)
suggested that specimens from Portachuelo in the department of
Meta
may correspond to a hybrid population between "
Ptychoglossus bicolor
" (=
A. bicolor
) and "
Ptychoglossus nicefori
" (=
A. brevifrontalis
), which he called “
Ptychoglossus
cf.
bicolor
”. However, based on the morphological characters provided by
Harris (1994)
, the specimen we examined from Portachuelo is in agreement with
A. bicolor
.