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 Loxopholis snethlageae ( Ávila-Pires, 1995 ) Distribution: Western Amazonia of Brazil , north Peru and southern Colombia ( Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral 2017 ). In Colombia it is known only from the Amazonas department ( Fig. 4D ). Similar species: Loxopholis snethlageae differs from its congenerics by the presence of a large fourth pair of chin-shields (reduced in L. hexalepis and L. percarinatum ); sharply keeled ventral scales (smooth or weakly keeled in L. caparensis , smooth in L. hexalepis ); hexagonal to quadrangular or lanceolate dorsal scales, and third supraocular larger than the second (rhomboid dorsal scales and second supraocular subequal or largest than third in L. parietalis ). For a more detailed description see Ávila-Pires (1995) .