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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB1E444FF65DA5AE4438664" bold="true" box="[151,540,1820,1842]" pageId="1" pageNumber="247">Proposed common name in English:</emphasis>
Yumbo riamas
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB1E444FF65DA7DE47F8607" bold="true" box="[151,544,1851,1873]" pageId="1" pageNumber="247">Proposed common name in Spanish:</emphasis>
palos de los Yumbos
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Holotype of 
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10822, female, same collection data as 
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11077, 11079, 11080, 11081, males from Nanegal, 
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by S. Maddock.
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB3E446FF35DB03E7118708" bold="true" box="[199,334,1605,1630]" pageId="3" pageNumber="249">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet, a noun in the genitive plural case which translates to “of the Yumbos,” honors the Yumbo culture (800–1660 A.D.), a pre-Incan civilization that inhabited the same area where 
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was discovered (
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).
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB3E446FF35DBF7E71E879C" bold="true" box="[199,321,1713,1738]" pageId="3" pageNumber="249">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
In addition to the molecular data discussed below, 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB3E446FC77DBF4E211879F" box="[901,1102,1713,1737]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="249">Riama yumborum</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from its congeners by the combination of two characters: incomplete nasoloreal suture and a cylindrical hemipenial body with diagonally orientated flounces on its lateral aspect. In addition, males of the new species seem to have a large number (13 per leg; n = 1) of femoral pores.
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Other species with an incomplete nasoloreal suture in some individuals include 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB3E446FB90DA04E372860F" box="[1122,1325,1857,1881]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="249">Riama anatoloros</emphasis>
(
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</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB3E446FDBDDA20E4AE862B" box="[591,753,1893,1917]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="249" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stigmatoral">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB3E446FDBDDA20E4AE862B" box="[591,753,1893,1917]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="249">R. stigmatoral</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB3E446FCC1DA20E2EF862B" authority="Andersson 1914" authorityName="Andersson" authorityYear="1914" box="[819,1200,1893,1918]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="249" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="columbiana">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB3E446FCC1DA20E51B862B" box="[819,836,1894,1917]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="249">R</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB3E446FCA6DA23E586862B" box="[852,985,1893,1917]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="249">columbiana</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFB3E446FC1BDA23E2F8862B" author="Andersson" box="[1001,1191,1893,1918]" pageId="3" pageNumber="249" refString="Andersson, L. G. (1914) A new Telmatobius and new teiid lizards from South America. Arkiv for Zoologi, 9, 1 - 12." type="journal article" year="1914">Andersson 1914</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. From 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB3E446FAF0DA20E3C3862B" box="[1282,1436,1893,1917]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="249" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anatoloros">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB3E446FAF0DA20E3C3862B" box="[1282,1436,1893,1917]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="249">R. anatoloros</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(character states in parentheses), the new species can be distinguished by usually having a single, anterior superciliary (usually complete series of four superciliaries), 13 femoral pores in males (femoral pores 7–11), and by lacking both dorsolateral stripes (such stripes present) and scales between medialmost femoral pores in males (4–12 scales). From 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FE77DDDFE41681E6" box="[389,585,152,176]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colomaromani">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE77DDDFE41681E6" box="[389,585,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. colomaromani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(character states in parentheses), the new species differs in having 22–23 transverse rows of ventral scales (18–21 rows), 13 femoral pores in males (femoral pores 7–9), and by lacking both scales between medialmost femoral pores in males (2–4 scales) and by lacking femoral pores in females (one pore on each side). From 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FE73DC43E45C804A" box="[385,515,261,284]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simotera">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE73DC43E45C804A" box="[385,515,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. simotera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(character states in parentheses), the new species can be distinguished by having usually a single, anterior superciliary (complete series of 3–4 superciliaries), striated dorsal scales (dorsals smooth), 27–29 longitudinal dorsal scale rows (19–26 rows), 13 femoral pores in males (femoral pores 5–7), and by lacking scales between medialmost femoral pores in males (2–3 scales), and by lacking femoral pores in females (5–7 pores on each side). From 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FE0DDCD3E4FF80FA" box="[511,672,404,428]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stigmatoral">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE0DDCD3E4FF80FA" box="[511,672,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. stigmatoral</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(character states in parentheses), 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FBECDCD3E2E980FA" box="[1054,1206,404,428]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yumborum">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FBECDCD3E2E980FA" box="[1054,1206,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. yumborum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs in having 13 femoral pores in males (femoral pores 8–11), an average SVL = 
<quantity id="4CCE9B50FFB4E441FC9FDCF1E58E8099" box="[877,977,439,464]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.45" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" unit="mm" value="54.5">54.5 mm</quantity>
(
<quantity id="4CCE9B50FFB4E441FC12DCFEE26A8086" box="[992,1077,440,464]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.9" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" unit="mm" value="79.0">79 mm</quantity>
), and in lacking anterior cloacal plate scales in males (0-2). From 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FDEEDC9BE49C80A2" box="[540,707,476,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="columbiana">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FDEEDC9BE49C80A2" box="[540,707,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. columbiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(character states in parentheses) the new species is different in having striated dorsal scales (dorsals with low, rounded keel), 13 femoral pores in males (femoral pores 10), and in lacking scales between medialmost femoral pores in males (5–6 scales).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936B5FFB4E441FF35DF01E55D826E" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">
Other species of 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FE74DF0EE7908309" box="[390,463,584,607]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE74DF0EE7908309" box="[390,463,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">Riama</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with 13 or more femoral pores on each side in males are 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FBAEDF0FE3288336" authority="Kizirian 1995" authorityName="Kizirian" authorityYear="1995" box="[1116,1399,583,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orcesi">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FBAEDF0FE2E08309" box="[1116,1215,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. orcesi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFB4E441FB3DDF01E3308336" author="Kizirian" box="[1231,1391,583,608]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" refString="Kizirian, D. A. (1995) A new species of Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andean Cordillera Oriental of Northeastern Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology, 29, 66 - 72. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 1565087" type="journal article" year="1995">Kizirian 1995</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FA76DF0FE6A683D2" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FA76DF0FE6A983D2" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unicolor">R. unicolor</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FEC0DF2BE40D83D3" authority="Peters 1862" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1862" box="[306,594,620,645]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="luctuosa">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FEC0DF2BE7EE83D2" box="[306,433,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. luctuosa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFB4E441FE32DF2AE41583D3" author="Peters" box="[448,586,620,645]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" refString="Peters, W. (1862) Uber Cercosaura und die mit dieser Gattung verwandten Eidechsen aus Sudamerika. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1862, 165 - 225." type="journal article" year="1862">Peters 1862</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. The new species differs from them in having an incomplete (usually one) series of superciliaries. From 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FE17DFD7E41783F1" box="[485,584,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orcesi">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE17DFD7E41783F1" box="[485,584,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. orcesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(character states in parentheses), 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FC36DFD7E20383FE" box="[964,1116,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yumborum">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FC36DFD7E20383FE" box="[964,1116,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. yumborum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished further by having an incomplete (complete) nasoloreal suture, dorsal scales keeled (dorsal scales striated), longitudinal dorsal scale rows in males 28–29 (13–23), and lateral scale rows 2–3 (4–8); from 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FBCDDF9FE2E083A6" box="[1087,1215,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unicolor">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FBCDDF9FE2E083A6" box="[1087,1215,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. unicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(character states in parentheses) by having 28–29 (20–26) longitudinal dorsal scale rows in males; from 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FB8ADFBBE2A58242" box="[1144,1274,764,788]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="luctuosa">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FB8ADFBBE2A58242" box="[1144,1274,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. luctuosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having an incomplete nasoloreal suture (complete in 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FD86DE67E4AD826E" box="[628,754,800,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="luctuosa">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FD86DE67E4AD826E" box="[628,754,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. luctuosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936B5FFB4E441FF35DE02E36F8593" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">
Hemipenial morphology can be used to distinguish 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FCD7DE03E5AE820A" box="[805,1009,836,860]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yumborum">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FCD7DE03E5AE820A" box="[805,1009,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">Riama yumborum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from all other species of 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FAD5DE03E32E820A" box="[1319,1393,837,860]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FAD5DE03E32E820A" box="[1319,1393,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">Riama</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for which hemipenial morphology is known, except 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FD4CDE2FE25C82D6" authority="Kizirian 1996" authorityName="Kizirian" authorityYear="1996" box="[702,1027,871,896]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="balneator">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FD4CDE2FE51482D6" box="[702,843,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. balneator</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFB4E441FCA8DE21E5A482D6" author="Kizirian" box="[858,1019,871,896]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" refString="Kizirian, D. A. (1996) A review of Ecuadorian Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with descriptions of nine new species. Herpetological Monographs, 10, 85 - 155. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 1466981" type="journal article" year="1996">Kizirian 1996</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FBFDDE2FE2E382D6" box="[1039,1212,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FBFDDE2FE2E782D6" box="[1039,1208,872,896]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cashcaensis">R. cashcaensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FB06DE2FE32E82D6" box="[1268,1393,872,896]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unicolor">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FB06DE2FE32E82D6" box="[1268,1393,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. unicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, by having the lateral aspect of the hemipenial body ornamented with columns of diagonal flounces instead of chevronshaped or transverse flounces. It differs from 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FD59DEF7E565829E" box="[683,826,944,968]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="balneator">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FD59DEF7E565829E" box="[683,826,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. balneator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having rows of diagonal spinulate flounces (nonspinulate flounces in 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FE75DE93E44C82BA" box="[391,531,980,1004]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="balneator">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE75DE93E44C82BA" box="[391,531,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. balneator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In lacking one or more isolated transverse spinulate flounces at the base of the asulcate side it differs from 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FE22DEBFE4B08546" authority="Uzzell 1958" authorityName="Uzzell" authorityYear="1958" box="[464,751,1015,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="achlyens">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE22DEBFE4148546" box="[464,587,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R achlyens</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFB4E441FDA8DEB1E4B88546" author="Uzzell" box="[602,743,1015,1040]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" refString="Uzzell, T. M. (1958) Teiid lizards related to Proctoporus luctuosus, with the description of a new species from Venezuela. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 597, 1 - 15." type="journal article" year="1958">Uzzell 1958</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FD09DEBFE3758546" authority="Arredondo &amp; Sanchez-Pacheco 2010" authorityName="Arredondo &amp; Sanchez-Pacheco" authorityYear="2010" box="[763,1322,1015,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="afrania">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FD09DEBFE5328546" box="[763,877,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. afrania</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFB4E441FC89DEB1E37D8546" author="Arredondo" box="[891,1314,1015,1040]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" refString="Arredondo, J. C. &amp; Sanchez-Pacheco, S. J. (2010) New endemic species of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from northern Colombia. Journal of Herpetology, 44, 610 - 617. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1670 / 09 - 218.1" type="journal article" year="2010">Arredondo &amp; Sánchez-Pacheco 2010</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FAC7DEBFE7B38562" authority="Sanchez-Pacheco et al. 2011" authorityName="Sanchez-Pacheco et al." authorityYear="2011" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crypta">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FAC7DEBFE3C48546" box="[1333,1435,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. crypta</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFB4E441FF6CD95AE7BB8562" author="Sanchez-Pacheco" box="[158,484,1052,1077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" refString="Sanchez-Pacheco, S. J., Kizirian, D. A. &amp; Nunes, P. M. S. (2011) A new species of Riama from Ecuador previously referred to as Riama hyposticta (Boulenger, 1902) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). American Museum Novitates, 3719, 1 - 15. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1206 / 3719.2" type="journal article" year="2011">
Sánchez-Pacheco 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE99D95BE7FC8562" box="[363,419,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">et al.</emphasis>
2011
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FE05D95BE5078562" authority="Boulenger 1902" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1902" box="[503,856,1052,1077]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hyposticta">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE05D95BE4D68562" box="[503,649,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. hyposticta</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFB4E441FD65D95AE50F8562" author="Boulenger" box="[663,848,1052,1077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1902) Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles from northwestern Ecuador. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 51 - 57. [Series 7]" type="journal article" year="1902">Boulenger 1902</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FC91D95BE2A78562" authority="Kohler &amp; Lehr 2004" authorityName="Kohler &amp; Lehr" authorityYear="2004" box="[867,1272,1052,1077]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laudahnae">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FC91D95BE5A78562" box="[867,1016,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. laudahnae</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFB4E441FBF4D95AE2AF8562" author="Kohler" box="[1030,1264,1052,1077]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" refString="Kohler, G. &amp; Lehr, E. (2004) Comments on Euspondylus and Proctoporus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Peru, with the description of three new species and a key to the Peruvian species. Herpetologica, 60, 501 - 518. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1655 / 03 - 93" type="journal article" year="2004">Köhler &amp; Lehr 2004</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FAC1D95BE3CA8562" box="[1331,1429,1053,1076]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orcesi">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FAC1D95BE3CA8562" box="[1331,1429,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. orcesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The new species can be further distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FD1BD907E50D850E" box="[745,850,1089,1112]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="crypta">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FD1BD907E50D850E" box="[745,850,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. crypta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FC96D907E5A0850E" box="[868,1023,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FC96D907E5A4850E" box="[868,1019,1088,1112]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hyposticta">R. hyposticta</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FBC9D907E28C850E" box="[1083,1235,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. laudahnae</emphasis>
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by lacking distal filiform appendages on the hemipenial lobes. In having a cylindrical hemipenial body, it differs from 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FAE1D923E3CA852A" box="[1299,1429,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. achlyens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FF65D9CFE76D85F6" box="[151,306,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. anatoloros</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FEB6D9CFE7E585F6" box="[324,442,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. afrania</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FE3ED9CFE42A85F6" box="[460,629,1160,1184]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cashcaensis">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE3ED9CFE42A85F6" box="[460,629,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. cashcaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FD75D9CFE51385F6" box="[647,844,1160,1184]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colomaromani">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FD75D9CFE51385F6" box="[647,844,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. colomaromani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FCADD9CFE59585F6" box="[863,970,1161,1184]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. crypta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FC2ED9CFE22D85F6" box="[988,1138,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. hyposticta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FB76D9CFE34285F6" box="[1156,1309,1160,1184]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laudahnae">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FB76D9CFE34285F6" box="[1156,1309,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. laudahnae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FADDD9CFE7708593" authority="Peters 1862" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1862" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="striata">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FADDD9CFE3C385C9" box="[1327,1436,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. striata</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFB4E441FF6CD9EAE7778593" author="Peters" box="[158,296,1196,1221]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" refString="Peters, W. (1862) Uber Cercosaura und die mit dieser Gattung verwandten Eidechsen aus Sudamerika. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1862, 165 - 225." type="journal article" year="1862">Peters 1862</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FEC9D9EBE79C8592" box="[315,451,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFB4E441FEC9D9EBE7E08592" box="[315,447,1197,1220]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simotera">R. simotera</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE0BD9EBE4298592" box="[505,630,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">R. unicolor</emphasis>
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, which have an elongate, globose or conical hemipenial body.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32C653EFFB4E44CFF35D989E6BC804B" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="255" pageId="4" pageNumber="250" type="description">
<paragraph id="8B8936B5FFB4E441FF35D989E6A087CE" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FF35D989E70685BE" bold="true" box="[199,345,1231,1256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">Description.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FE92D996E47785BE" box="[352,552,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">Riama yumborum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possesses the following characteristics: (1) SVL in adult males 
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(n = 4), in females 
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(n = 1); (2) frontonasal similar in length to frontal; (3) prefrontals absent; (4) nasoloreal suture incomplete; (5) supraoculars four; second, third and fourth in contact with ciliaries; (6) usually one superciliary (specimen QCAZ 11080 has two); (7) supralabial-subocular fusion absent; (8) postoculars three; (9) postparietals two; (10) usually two supratympanic temporals (specimen QCAZ 10827 has three on right side); (11) genials in two pairs; (12) dorsal scales rectangular, juxtaposed, striated; (13) nuchal scales smooth; (14) longitudinal dorsal scale rows in males 28–29; (15) transverse dorsal scale rows 36–40; (16) ventral scales smooth, in 22–23 transverse rows; (17) lateral scale rows two or three; (18) femoral pores in males 13 (n = 1, left side only), absent in females (n = 1); (19) scales between medialmost femoral pores in males absent; (20) subdigital scales on Toe 
<date id="FF881075FFB4E441FF38DB53E754877B" box="[202,267,1556,1581]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">I 4–5</date>
; (21) anterior cloacal plate absent in males, present and paired in females (n = 1); (22) dorsum dark brown, with some light-brown scales, or scales with light-brown margins; white lateral dots on neck and anterior portion of body; ventral scales dark brown with orange borders; caudal scales orange with brown pigmentation medially.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936B5FFB4E441FF35DBE2E4D6867E" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB4E441FF35DBE2E7AB87EB" bold="true" box="[199,500,1700,1725]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">Hemipenial morphology.</emphasis>
The left organ of QCAZ 11079 (
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) is about five subcaudal rows and six millimeters long. Hemipenial body is roughly cylindrical, ending in two symmetric small and partially everted lobes surrounded by folds; a shallow sulcus spermaticus, central in position, originates at the base of the organ and proceeds in a straight line towards the lobes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936B5FFB4E441FF35DA72E34786C2" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="250">The sulcus spermaticus ends with no clear division in independent branches as a single channel emarginated by lobular folds at the lobular crotch. Parallel to the sulcus spermaticus, two narrow nude areas bordered by rows of comb-like spicules that also ornament the lateral and asulcate sides of the hemipenial body are present.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8936B5FFB5E440FF65DAE7E5758680" blockId="5.[151,1435,1953,2006]" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB5E440FF65DAE7E74C86E1" bold="true" box="[151,275,1953,1975]" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Head of holotype of 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB5E440FE1FDAE4E4FD86E1" box="[493,674,1953,1975]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">Riama yumborum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB5E440FD5BDAE7E4A586E1" bold="true" box="[681,762,1953,1975]" pageId="5" pageNumber="251">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(QCAZ 10827, male) in dorsal (top), ventral (middle), and lateral (bottom) views. Scale bar = 5 mm. Photographs by D. A. Paucar.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8936B5FFB6E443FF65DF25E51883CE" blockId="6.[151,1436,611,664]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB6E443FF65DF25E74A832F" bold="true" box="[151,277,611,633]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Ventral view of pelvic region showing cloacal plate of 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB6E443FCADDF22E249832F" box="[863,1046,611,633]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">Riama yumborum</emphasis>
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. Left: QCAZ 10827, male, holotype; right: QCAZ 10822, female paratype. Photographs by D. A. Paucar.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8936B5FFB6E443FF65DB57E4FD8710" blockId="6.[151,1436,1553,1606]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB6E443FF65DB57E74C8771" bold="true" box="[151,275,1553,1575]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Left hemipenis of 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB6E443FE26DB54E4D78771" box="[468,648,1553,1575]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">Riama yumborum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB6E443FD7DDB57E4BF8771" bold="true" box="[655,736,1553,1575]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(QCAZ 11079) in sulcate (left), lateral (middle), and asulcate (right) views. Scale bar = 1 mm. Photographs by P. Nunes.
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<paragraph id="8B8936B5FFB6E443FF35DB34E3C2864D" blockId="6.[151,1437,1650,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">The hemipenial body has two columns of 12 diagonal spinulate flounces (“comb-like flounces”) on each side. These flounces extend from the borders of each nude area contiguous to the sulcus spermaticus to the central asulcate face, with the five last flounces almost contacting the ones on the opposite side, forming a V-shaped structure at the sagittal region of the asulcate face. The proximal and distal flounces (in the sulcate and asulcates faces, respectively) are much reduced when compared with the intermediate ones, located on the sides of the organ.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB6E443FF35DA60E53B8669" bold="true" box="[199,868,1830,1855]" pageId="6" pageNumber="252">
Description of 
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(QCAZ 10827; 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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).
</emphasis>
Male, SVL 
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, tail (complete) length 
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; head scales smooth; rostral wider than long, higher than adjacent supralabials, in contact posteriorly with nasal, frontonasal and anteriormost supralabials; frontonasal nearly rectangular in shape, widest posteriorly, similar in length to frontal, in contact laterally with nasals and posteriorly with frontal; prefrontals absent; frontal longer than wide, widest anteriorly, anterior suture slightly convex, lateral sutures slightly concave, posterior suture angular with point directed posteriorly, in contact with first and second supraoculars laterally, and frontoparietals posteriorly; frontoparietals pentagonal, in contact with second and third supraoculars laterally, parietals posterolaterally, and interparietal posteromedially; interparietal hexagonal, longer than wide, in contact with parietals laterally, and postparietals posteriorly; parietals hexagonal, in contact with third and fourth supraoculars anterolaterally, dorsalmost postoculars laterally, dorsalmost temporals posterolaterally, and postparietals posteriorly; postparietals two, longest laterally, in contact medially; supraoculars four, with second, third and fourth in contact with ciliaries; nasoloreal suture incomplete; superciliary single, located anteriorly and situated between nasal, frontal, first and second supraoculars, and anteriormost ciliaries, barely extending onto dorsal surface of head; palpebral disc semitransparent and divided into three large unpigmented scales; frenocular nearly trapezoidal in shape, in contact with nasal anteriorly; six circumorbitals between posteriormost supraocular and frenocular; postoculars three; temporals smooth; supratympanic temporals 2/3; supralabials five; infralabials four; mental wider than long, in contact with anteriormost infralabials laterally and postmental posteriorly; postmental roughly pentagonal, posterior suture angular, with angle directed posteriorly, in contact with first and second infralabials laterally; genials in two pairs, anteriormost pair roughly quadrangular, in contact with second and third infralabials; posterior pair polygonal, in contact with third and fourth infralabials; scale rows between genials and collar fold (along midventral line) eight; medialmost scales of posteriormost scale row distinctly enlarged, smooth; posteriormost gular row enfolded posteriorly, concealing three small scale rows; lateral neck scales squarish or rounded, smooth.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB7E442FF65DB90E74D87BA" bold="true" box="[151,274,1750,1772]" pageId="7" pageNumber="253">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Close-up of dorsum of holotype of 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB7E442FD8CDB9EE56D87BA" box="[638,818,1750,1773]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="253">Riama yumborum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB7E442FCCBDB90E5D687BA" bold="true" box="[825,905,1750,1772]" pageId="7" pageNumber="253">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(QCAZ 10827, male). Photograph by D. A. Paucar.
</paragraph>
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Dorsal scales rectangular, longer than wide, juxtaposed, striated, in 38 transverse rows on the left side (one of them incomplete) and 39 on the right one (two of them incomplete); longitudinal dorsal scale rows at fifth transverse ventral scale row 21, at 10th transverse ventral scale row 27, at 15th transverse ventral scale row 28; lateral scale rows at fifth transverse ventral scale row 7, at 10th transverse ventral scale row three, at 15th transverse ventral scale row three; lateral scales on body near insertion of forelimb small to granular; ventral scales smooth; complete transverse ventral scale rows 22; longitudinal ventral scale rows at midbody 12; anterior cloacal plate scales absent; posterior cloacal plate scales five; scales on tail rectangular and juxtaposed; midventral subcaudals smooth, wider than adjacent scales, nearly squared; femoral pores on left hind limb 13 (right limb damaged); scales between medialmost femoral pores absent. In general, limb squamation as described for congeners (e.g., 
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).
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB8E44DFF35DC61E4D78016" bold="true" box="[199,648,295,320]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">
Coloration of 
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(
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, 
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, 
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).
</emphasis>
In preservative (70% ethanol), dorsal ground color dark brown with scattered light brown irregular marks, more abundant on dorsal aspect of head; lateral aspect of neck and body (anteriorly) with scattered white dots; ventral scales of gular region, body, and limbs dark brown with cream borders that form a reticulate pattern; the dark pigment becomes scarce on the ventral aspect of head and tail.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB8E44DFF35DCF1E7648086" bold="true" box="[199,315,439,464]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Variation.</emphasis>
The 
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consist of a female (SVL = 
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) and four males (SVL = 
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). The 
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are similar to the 
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with the following noteworthy exceptions. All 
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have two supratympanic temporals on both sides (three on right side in 
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); QCAZ 10822, 11079 and 10827 have a small scale between the superciliary and adjacent ciliaries (small scale on left side only in 
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); QCAZ 11080, 11081 have two postocular on the right and left sides, respectively (three postoculars in 
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). The only female examined (QCAZ 10822) has a paired anterior cloacal plate (absent in males). In addition, QCAZ 11080 differs from all other 
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specimens in having a second, small superciliary (similar in size to adjacent ciliaries) in contact with the fourth supraocular on the right side, and third and fourth supraoculars on the left side.
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB8E44DFF65DAC0E74886CA" bold="true" box="[151,279,1926,1948]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Paratype of 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB8E44DFE55DAC1E43E86CA" box="[423,609,1926,1948]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">Riama yumborum</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB8E44DFD9EDAC0E49D86CA" bold="true" box="[620,706,1926,1948]" pageId="8" pageNumber="254">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(QCAZ 10822, female) in dorsal (top) and ventral (bottom) views. Photographs by L. Bustamante.
</paragraph>
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Coloration in life of female 
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QCAZ 10822 (
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) was similar to the coloration in preservative of the 
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described above. The main difference was that in this 
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the scales of the gular region and ventral aspect of body and limbs were bordered with orange, and the tail was bright orange ventrally, with brown irregular marks.
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB9E44CFF65DA39E74D86C3" bold="true" box="[151,274,1919,1941]" pageId="9" pageNumber="255">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Distribution of five species of 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB9E44CFDBFDAC7E4D086C0" box="[589,655,1921,1942]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="255">Riama</emphasis>
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in Ecuador. These species form a clade sister to 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFB9E44CFB8EDAC7E2B186C3" box="[1148,1262,1919,1942]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="255">R. unicolor</emphasis>
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(see Fig. 8).
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFF35DDD1E73F81E6" bold="true" box="[199,352,151,176]" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">Distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFE99DDDEE46881E6" box="[363,567,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">Riama yumborum</emphasis>
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inhabits high-elevation cloudforests on the Pacific slopes of the Andes in northwestern 
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(
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). It is known from Lower Montane Evergreen Forest of the Western Andes (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFBAE44FFAB7DDFAE74C81AE" author="Iglesias" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" refString="Iglesias, J., Santiana, J. &amp; Chinchero, M. A. (2013) Bosque siempreverde montano bajo de Cordillera Occidental de los Andes. In: Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador, Sistema de Clasificacion de los Ecosistemas del Ecuador Continental. Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador. Quito, pp. 86 - 88." type="book chapter" year="2013">
Iglesias 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFF65DDA7E68E81AE" box="[151,209,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">et al.</emphasis>
2013
</bibRefCitation>
) at elevations of 
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in the province of Pichincha. This species occurs in sympatry with 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFA76DDA7E6B4804A" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. oculata</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, whereas 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFD76DC43E555804A" box="[644,778,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. unicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs allopatrically at higher elevations (&gt; 
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) (
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Maddock 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFEE3DC6FE7168016" box="[273,329,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">et al.</emphasis>
2011
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) in the same region. Other species of small ground lizards collected in the same area include the sphaerodactylid gecko 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFE3EDC0AE4A68032" box="[460,761,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">Lepidoblepharis conolepis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFBAE44FFCF1DC0AE59A8032" author="Avila-Pires" box="[771,965,332,357]" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" refString="Avila-Pires, T. C. S. (2001) A new species of Lepidoblepharis (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ecuador, with a redescription of Lepidoblepharis grandis Miyata, 1985. Occasional Paper of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 11, 1 - 11." type="journal article" year="2001">Avila-Pires 2001</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and the gymnophthalmids 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFAF4DC0AE75A80DE" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">Alopoglossus viridiceps</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFBAE44FFEEADC29E4C880DE" author="Torres-Carvajal" box="[280,663,367,392]" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" refString="Torres-Carvajal, O. &amp; Lobos, S. E. (2014) A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the tropical Andes, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus. ZooKeys, 410, 105 - 120. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 410.7401" type="journal article" year="2014">Torres-Carvajal &amp; Lobos 2014</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFD5DDC36E5E180DE" box="[687,958,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">Cercosaura vertebralis</emphasis>
O’Shaugnessy 1879
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFAFFDC36E76280FA" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">Echinosaura brachycephala</emphasis>
Köhler 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFE6BDCD3E78E80FA" box="[409,465,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">et al.</emphasis>
2004
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8936B5FFBAE44FFF35DCF1E40D8242" blockId="10.[151,1436,151,789]" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFF35DCF1E4588086" bold="true" box="[199,519,439,464]" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">Phylogenetic relationships.</emphasis>
Selected models of evolution of gene regions used in phylogenetic analyses were TIM2+I+G for 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFEB1DC9AE73280A2" box="[323,365,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">12S</emphasis>
and 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFE50DC9AE79480A2" box="[418,459,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">16S</emphasis>
; GTR+I+G, TIM3+I+G, TIM2+I+G for first, second, and third codon positions of 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFA92DC9AE3CA80A2" box="[1376,1429,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">ND4</emphasis>
, respectively; and HKY, TPM1uf+I, TPM3uf for first, second, and third codon positions of 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFB7EDF47E290834E" box="[1164,1231,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">c-mos</emphasis>
, respectively. The inferred phylogenetic tree (
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) is generally concordant with the phylogenetic tree of 
<bibRefCitation id="EFA74B44FFBAE44FFB58DF62E3C8836A" box="[1194,1431,548,572]" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" refString="Castoe, T. A., Doan, T. M. &amp; Parkinson, C. L. (2004) Data partitions and complex models in Bayesian analysis: the phylogeny of gymnophthalmid lizards. Systematic Biology, 53, 448 - 469. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 10635150490445797" type="journal article">
Castoe 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFAF0DF63E360836A" box="[1282,1343,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">et al.</emphasis>
(2004)
</bibRefCitation>
, although their analyses did not include 
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<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFDABDF0EE57C8336" box="[601,803,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">Riama yumborum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFCC0DF0FE5F28336" box="[818,941,584,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="labionis">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFCC0DF0FE5F28336" box="[818,941,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. labionis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFC4EDF0FE2148336" box="[956,1099,584,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meleagris">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFC4EDF0FE2148336" box="[956,1099,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. meleagris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFB7EDF0FE3718336" box="[1164,1326,584,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stigmatoral">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFB7EDF0FE3718336" box="[1164,1326,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. stigmatoral</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Our tree strongly supports (PP = 1) the monophyly of 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFD48DF2BE55C83D2" box="[698,771,621,644]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFD48DF2BE55C83D2" box="[698,771,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">Riama</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and a clade consisting of 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFBB6DF2BE28083D2" box="[1092,1247,620,644]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yumborum">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFBB6DF2BE28083D2" box="[1092,1247,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. yumborum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFB01DF2BE32E83D2" box="[1267,1393,620,644]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="labionis">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFB01DF2BE32E83D2" box="[1267,1393,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. labionis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFA76DF2BE74783FE" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stigmatoral">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFA76DF2BE74783FE" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. stigmatoral</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFED7DFD7E7ED83FE" box="[293,434,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meleagris">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFED7DFD7E76983FE" box="[293,310,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFEB6DFD6E7ED83FE" box="[324,434,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">meleagris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFE33DFD7E43A83FE" box="[449,613,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cashcaensis">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFE33DFD7E78D83FE" box="[449,466,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFE2DDFD6E43A83FE" box="[479,613,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">cashcaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFD50DFD7E54183FE" box="[674,798,656,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unicolor">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFD50DFD7E4EC83FE" box="[674,691,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFD33DFD6E54183FE" box="[705,798,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">unicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Relationships among these inner taxa are less supported (PP &lt;0.89), except the sister species relationship of 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFD14DFF3E52B839A" box="[742,884,692,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meleagris">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFD14DFF3E52B839A" box="[742,884,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. meleagris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFC5EDFF3E213839A" box="[940,1100,692,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stigmatoral">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFC5EDFF3E213839A" box="[940,1100,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. stigmatoral</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFB79DFF3E313839A" box="[1163,1356,692,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colomaromani">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFB79DFF3E313839A" box="[1163,1356,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. colomaromani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFA76DFF3E6A683B9" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simotera">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFA76DFF3E6A683B9" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. simotera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(PP = 1). The sister taxon of 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFDB3DF9FE48883A6" box="[577,727,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yumborum">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFDB3DF9FE48883A6" box="[577,727,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. yumborum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is 
<taxonomicName id="4C364D36FFBAE44FFD05DF9FE52F83A6" box="[759,880,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Gymnophthalmidae" genus="Riama" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="256" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="labionis">
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFD05DF9FE52F83A6" box="[759,880,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. labionis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(PP = 0.88); and both are sister (PP = 0.85) to the 
<emphasis id="B942EAA7FFBAE44FFF65DFBBE7F08242" box="[151,431,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">R. meleagris-stigmatoral</emphasis>
clade (
<figureCitation id="130D2A30FFBAE44FFDF2DFBAE41A8242" box="[512,581,764,789]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1900,1922]" captionTargetBox="[152,1419,850,1863]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,844,1871]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 8. Majority rule (50 %) consensus tree of 18,000 trees obtained from a Bayesian analysis of three mitochondrial (12 s, 16 s, nd 4) and one nuclear gene (c-mos) from 26 specimens. Numbers next to branches correspond to posterior probability values (asterisks indicate values&gt; 0.99). For sequences generated in this study, voucher museum numbers followed by locality of collection are indicated for each terminal." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/228921/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="256">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
).
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</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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