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
5067
3
377
400
journal article
3574
10.11646/zootaxa.5067.3.3
937e9cfe-ea1e-4891-b147-91ab13a31d78
1175-5326
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Loxopholis percarinatum
(
Müller, 1923
)
Distribution:
In the Amazonia of
Bolivia
,
Peru
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Venezuela
,
Suriname
, and
Guyana
(Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral 2017). In
Colombia
there are records from
Guaviare
,
Caquetá
and
Vaupés
departments (
Fig. 4D
).
Similar species:
Loxopholis percarinatum
is different from other sympatric and similar species of the genus in
Colombia
in having an upper dark stripe on the flanks 1–3 scales wide (flanks completely covered by a wide dark band in
L. parietalis
and
L. snethlageae
); sharply keeled ventral scales (smooth or weakly keeled in
L. caparensis
, smooth in
L. hexalepis
); fourth pair of chin-shield reduced (not reduced in
L. parietalis
and
L. snethlageae
); and second and third supraocular subequal and larger than the others (third supraocular larger than the second in
L. snethlageae
). For a more detailed description see
Ávila-Pires (1995)
.
Remarks:
In this work, we extend the known distribution of
L. percarinatum
in
Colombia
to the municipality of Acacias,
Meta department
, ca.
175 km
NW from its most northern previous record in San José del
Guaviare
,
Guaviare
.