Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae
Author
Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A.
Author
Amaral, Silvana
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4269.2.1
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Tretioscincus oriximinensis
Ávila-Pires, 1995
Type-locality.
Oriximiná,
Pará
,
Brazil
.
Pertinent taxonomic references.
Vanzolini & Rebouças-Spieker (1969), Ávila-Pires (1995), Pellegrino
et al.
(2001), Castoe
et al.
(2004), Yonenaga-Yassuda
et al.
(2005), Goicoechea
et al
. (2016).
Distribution and habitat.
Tretioscincus oriximinensis
is endemic to
Amazonia
, with a patchy distribution north of the Amazon River, and south of it in the Madeira–Purus interfluvium (
Fig. 18
), occurring in
Brazil
,
Venezuela
, and
Colombia
(
Fig. 18
). In
Brazil
, it is known from the states of
Amapá
,
Pará
,
Amazonas
and
Roraima
. Until now the species was only known from the type-locality (Oriximiná municipality, state of
Pará
) and from northwestern
Amazonia
, between the Negro and Branco Rivers. Here we extend its distribution to new localities north of the Amazon River (e.g., in
Amapá
state), and to the Madeira–Purus interfluvium, south of it. These new data indicate a wider, but probably discontinuous and relictual distribution.
Tretioscincus oriximinensis
is terrestrial and diurnal, inhabits primary open forest, open vegetation enclaves, and also perianthropic environments, where it is found among leaf litter and fallen palm leaves in forested areas, and grass and litter of open vegetation areas (Ávila-Pires 1995; Caldwell & Vitt 1999). Vanzolini & Rebouças-Spieker (1969) reported a large population of this species in the town of Oriximiná, both on vertical and horizontal substrates.